Inspired by fantasy baseball (also known as Rotisserie, from the name of the place where the first players met, New York City restaurant La Rotisserie Française),[2] Albini published fantasy football's rules for the first time through Studio Vit publisher, giving it the name Fantacalcio (calcio is the Italian word for football).
[3] Other journalists, such as Alberto Rossetti and Diego Antonelli, also contributed to the draft of the final version of the regulation.
[7] Most fantasy football leagues, especially those run by national newspapers, ask participants to select 11 to 15 players within a price budget.
[8] In smaller leagues played by a small group of people, players are bought by bidding between the rival managers rather than for a set amount of money.
Typically, most leagues offer the chance to transfer players in and out of the team as the season progresses, in case of injury, suspension or loss of form.
Due to the emphasis placed on assists and goal-scoring, the value of players can differ greatly from real-life football, both in terms of individuals and position.
For example, Claude Makélélé, considered to be one of the best midfielders in real life, was rarely considered a valuable player in fantasy football because he was not an attacking player, as evidenced by three league goals in eight years at Real Madrid and Chelsea, and none in 71 appearances for the France national team.
For this reason, some fantasy football games changed their scoring system to put a greater emphasis on real player performance instead of emphasizing goals and assists.
For instance, the game KAISER uses player scores gained by computer analyses based on dozens of different criteria.
Detailed actions included corners won, shots on/off target, successful dribbles and provoking an offside as well as many more others.