If you read fantasy football articles or subscribe to a fantasy sports news service, you’ve probably heard of www.rotohog.com by now. The site offers the ability to play for free at a chance for $100,000.

According to the website:

You’ll fill your starting team with a budget of 300 RotoHog dollars in this exciting, free-for-all draft that has every manager picking players at the same time. It’s a fast draft - taking less than thirty minutes. More importantly it’s the fairest way to give every manager an equal shot at every player. To regulate supply, one complete set of players is available for every twelve managers in each draft room. Beginning September 4th, you start to manage your new team by buying and selling players on the RotoHog Trading Floor. In this real-time marketplace, open to every RotoHog manager, player prices change based on supply and demand.

I think the real beauty of the site potentially is the ability to play in the Marshall Faulk league, where the former NFL star says he is competing as well and is promoting the website. This type of promotion brings actual pro athletes into the realm of fantasy sports and sports technology and further enhances the fan interaction. An increase in this type of collaboration will go a long way towards bringing fantasy sports and pro athletes closer to one another.