As NFL teams compete hard to win throughout the fall season, millions of fans around the country have their own competitions. They draft fantasy football teams composed of the best players in the league to score more points than their opponents. At CHS, one high-stakes fantasy football league reigns supreme. Senior Kyle Jahr has brought together a group of his friends to see who can manage the best team. 

“It’s just like a second job to me because I have money on the line,” Jahr said. “There’s a lot of pressure. I’m relying on the [NFL players] a lot, and they just don’t show up some weeks. And they know the expectations, but they just don’t reach it sometimes.”

While Jahr is very busy focusing on his own team, he also has the demanding job of being the league commissioner. As commissioner, he has to set the rules, manage trades that go on, and many other things. 

“You know, [being commissioner] is pretty tough,” Jahr said.  “You gotta do a lot of things. You’re running the league and a lot of people rely on you to do the right thing.”

Although all members of the league have equal chances of success before the season, some guys have more success than others. Junior Ben Fischer is more successful than most, finding himself in first place through five weeks. 

“Being in first is a little less pressure. If I lose, I drop to maybe fifth place. But you know what, I did lose last week, I was at five. You know, I felt a little more pressure,” Fischer said.

While fantasy football is only supposed to be a friendly competition, the addition of buy-ins and payouts, as well as the players’ competitive edge often lead to a lot of emotion vested into these teams.

“Sometimes I’m very happy with my team, and then there are times that I don’t think my players know how to play football,” Jahr said. “I mean, you’re here to win, There’s no other option than to win. A loss is terrible and I’m not here to lose.”