You totally hit the nail on the head here. I play Fantasy Football because it's a way to stay in touch with my friends from high school, but overall it's a mediocre experience. I hate having to constantly manage my team, it just feels like another chore in my life.
Anyway, here's where I'm going with this: I used to invite my friends over on Sunday to watch football with me. I have Sunday Ticket, so I have access to all of the games. However, they're not welcome anymore; every time, without fail, that I had friends over, they would constantly nag me to jump around to different games to see how their fantasy team was doing. I just got sick and tired of it.
I like watching football games. I like seeing the high's-and-low's, watching momentum shift back and forth, etc. I think channels like Red Zone bastardizes that experience. And for sure, asking me to switch to a lopsided Browns-Steelers game because you "want to see if Antonio Brown can pick up another 2 points" is a surefire way to annoy me.
For me, Fantasy Football is just an ancillary benefit of the NFL season. For many, though, it's the reason to watch.
