With more than 30 online games available to sports fans, The Fantasy Sports Trade Association estimates the fantasy sports market today at 27 million adults. In addition, according to Sporting News' 2008 "Fandemonium" sports study, 70% of male sports fans age 12+ have played one or more fantasy game in the past 12 months and on average spend four plus hours per week managing their leagues.
Fantasy sports arbitration is a new spin off idea derived from the popular sub culture that involves over 27 million Americans and their participation in fantasy sports leauges. The Idea of having an arbitration service for the participants came form the seemingly ultra competitive nature of the participants. “When a dispute arises between a Major League Baseball player and team owner, they go in front of an arbitration board. Why shouldn’t fantasy baseball league disputes be resolved the same way?
“As the fantasy market grows, there’s an increasing need for new game management tools," said Jeff Gerttula, General Manager of SportingNews.com. "The passion and emotion that players go through can often cloud their decision-making and objectivity and we think this new service is going to be a valuable tool for conflict resolution. Sometimes player disputes can be more confrontational than even divorce court.” SportingNews.com is an industry leader in the fantasy sports games market.