I don’t follow football anymore but still play fantasy football to stay in touch with my friends from home. This website is good to just use data and rankings to set your line up instead having to watch anything. Also has a useful drafting tool linked to it that I use to draft.
Just pick a team to follow based on region/vibes, tada, you are now a "fan" and just by trying to figure out how to stream/watch/listen to the games every week you will learn quite a bit about the players, rivalries, etc. — not just of your chosen team but all of the others as well. I was able to level up from total naïf to "bro-ing down with randos at the Towne Pub" within like 2 years
I met Erin (@RIOTGRRRL) and Jake (@SLOWDAZZLE) last year after I started using PI.FYI—we organized a meetup before a Jonathan Richman show and immediately clicked over our shared taste in music and similar sensibilities. We started hanging out a lot and had some great times together. I’ve also gotten to know many of their friends, who are all really cool. Erin and Jake started dating a couple of months after the three of us became friends, but our group chat still pops off. Their friendship has meant a lot to me, especially since moving to NYC in 2023, and I really appreciate having them in my life.
Come hang with some PI.FYI folks at Franklin Park in Crown Heights in Brooklyn on 7/19 @ 6:30. riotgrrrl and slowdazzle will be there too! Link is the Partiful invited!
