There is no doubt about it - fantasy football is one of the most addictive hobbies available to sports fans today. As a recent cover of Sports Illustrated put it, "What A Riot!".

However, one of the more difficult tasks related to this hobby is being a league commissioner - especially if you are trying to do all the scoring by yourself. It can literally take hours and hours to sift through 14 to 16 different box-scores in order to score 12 fantasy teams. Not to mention all the record-keeping about trades and free-agency that occurs over the course of a season. Why take the fun out of fantasy football for the commissioner this way? There's no need to put in all this labor when there are reputable league hosting services available to do all the hard work for you!

Of course, there are a ton of league hosting services trying to drum up business in 2004. In order to help our readers match up their league hosting needs with the various league hosting services available on the 'Net, we decided to develop a feature highlighting them.

The league hosting services that elected to participate in this feature expended resources (time, creative and otherwise) to inform you, the readers at Footballguys.com, of the complete range of services available at their sites. They want to connect with you and help you find solutions for your league hosting needs. So, if you're in the market for a home for your league, make time to read through each complete profile - go to it by clicking on the graphic next to each service's summary below - and you'll be on your way to finding the right home for your fantasy league during 2004. All the contact information and FAQ's that you may need answered are readily available from the information you'll find in each description. Visit the sites' homepage by clicking on the banner at the top of their individual spotlight feature pages.

With the broad range of creative and innovative features the spotlighted services offer, we're confident you'll find a great fit for your league. So, without further ado, we'll step aside and let the league hosting services tell you about themselves. Have a great 2004 season!

The sites featured are listed alphabetically.

FanMill.com

FanMill.com is a community-driven fantasy football experience featuring premium league management services. Create your own leagues and teams, join public and private leagues, mock draft and compete with scores of other FF Fanatics. Your stats and awards pile up from year to year to build your own coaching dynasty!

FanStar Online League Manager

FanStar Online League Manager - Hosting fantasy leagues for football, baseball, basketball, hockey, PGA golf and NASCAR. Since 1992, the innovation leader in website presentation and performance for fantasy leagues of all sports.

Homegrown Sports

Homegrown Sports offers custom, private leagues at a fraction of the cost of the average online service. We offer all the features you would expect from your fantasy service: live scoring, custom scoring systems, and IDP players all included in the price. Add in top quality customer support that actually listens to your comments, and you've got Fantasy League Manager 2004.

Myfantasyfootball.com

myfantasyfootball.com allows you to run a complete league all in one place. You specify virtually every aspect of your league. If we don't offer something you're looking for, we'll create it. This year we offer exclusive rights to myfantasyreporter.com, where you can hire a journalist to cover your league. myfantasyfootball.com Fantasy Football The Way You Want!

Myfantasyleague.com

myfantasyleague.com is a full featured and affordable league management system with 10 years of experience running fantasy football leagues. Some of the feature highlights include extremely flexible scoring rules, Live Stats on gamedays, a fully customizable home page, and no banner ads or pop-up windows.

RealTime Fantasy Sports

RealTime Fantasy Sports is the originator of real-time internet-based commissioner league services for fantasy football. We provide all the tools needed commissioners to set up and run a league with customizable rules as well as providing real-time scoring for league owners, plus tailored reports for the entire league.

Xpert Leagues

Our site features an innovative and easy to use layout, very flexible scoring, and supports auction, IDP, contract, and survivor leagues. We also have constantly updated NFL player news, a wide array of player stats, up to the minute live scoring, and ultra fast and helpful support. Check us out!