The year of 2020 has been threatened with the deadly virus of COVID 19. The whole world has been broken in various ways. There have been massive lockdowns all across the world. No certain gathering and strictly following physical distancing. This COVID 19 has abandoned any type of social gatherings. Even if any gatherings happen then also following strict measures and rules of minimum people in gathering. Such rules prevent people from entering stadiums and watching the matches live. Thus people are forced to watch matches on television or in digital mediums. Though it’s satisfactory, people cannot get the real-like feeling and excitement of watching matches in stadiums.
However, now as the days are going on the cases are decreasing at a good rate. This is really good news seeing the world that has been torn in these quarantine months. Now as the cases are decreasing the world is moving towards “unlock” where various concessions are provided to citizens even allowing gathering to some extent. The sports market which is dependent on the number of people visiting the stadiums to watch matches and the tickets money is used to take care of stadiums. So this industry is very badly hampered by the lockdowns. Also, people are moving to stadiums to watch, this catches that there is a ray of hope that everything shall move to its original in due time. This can be caught as a ray of hope amidst this dark surrounding of COVID 19. People are pessimistic that one day this darkness of COVID 19 shall fade away creating a way towards better again as was in the past.
Along with normal matches, there is a thing that common people play in the comfort of home. This is a fantasy sport where participants need to analyze real-life matches, players’ performance to make the team. A good team can surely help to win fantasy points and a good rank in the fantasy league. This can help players to win monetary benefits. Fantasy sports increase the sports fever and take it to another level. Such madness increases the participant’s excitement and with the opening of stadiums, it becomes more visible.
A research paper tells how the world of fantasy sport is increasing at an extreme rate. The fantasy sports market strength is valued totally at $18.6 billion in 2019. This fantasy sports market is also expected to reach $48.6 billion by 2027, registering a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 13.9% from 2021 to 2027. The fantasy football region which is led in terms of the fantasy sports market share in 2019 and is expected to retain its dominance throughout the forecast period. The fantasy sports market in recent times has seen tremendous growth in the last few years. With the number of increasing internet subscribers, more people will join in the field of fantasy sports. This growth in digital infrastructure along with the availability of high-speed internet connections at affordable prices helps in driving the growth of the fantasy sports market in the region. Such a grown fantasy market which in unison with real-life matches not only increases the excitement but also love for such sports. Fantasy sports have not only increased the sports followers but also an increasing love for the following sports. This makes people form teams using their skills and then win fantasy points and get a better rank. Playing a fantasy sport is a game of skills and knowledge. This is the reason behind the increasing fame of fantasy sports. People can build teams and win the points according to themselves.
Thus really as people are moving towards stadiums we can see a ray of hope that someday everything shall resume to its best and everything shall be well again. Corona can never end the excitement towards sports. Life is going to change significantly because of this virus. Already it has, and one can suspect that post-Corona we will be even more alert and cognitive towards hygiene and cleanliness. The sport’s world is no exception. While we are practising absolute extremes during the virus, as we should, we should still work to ensure that nothing like this happens again. One could see sports teams mandating hand washing and regular hygienic and healthy living to ensure a germ-free zone. So really it is a light of hope with the opening of stadiums.