Anyone who's ever tried fantasy
Football -- or any fantasy version of any sport, for that matter -- will know how hotly-contested it can get.In a nutshell, it involves picking a team and scoring points based on how your players perform in real life. People take that stuff seriously too, and superheroes are no exception.This year, various
Hollywood stars -- all of whom have to have appeared in a superhero movie to qualify -- are competing in the AGBO Superhero Fantasy Football Charity League.> Team Hemsworth, Team Pratt and Team Reynolds are at the top of the AGBO Superhero Fantasy Football Charity League scoreboard after this weekend... Check out this link to stay updated throughout the season: https://t.co/0cGZaYA3E4 pic.twitter.com/wZLKmmyEPf> > -- AGBO (@AGBOfilms) September 24, 2019The league was created by Avengers director Joe Russo -- who owns AGBO along with his brother -- and fantasy football analyst Matthew Berry. You can watch the two of them discussing how it all came about here.SEE ALSO: Spider-Man may be leaving the Marvel Universe. Here's what we know so far.Needless to say, the league has been intensely competitive so far. Just look at how Guardians of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt reacted on Tuesday when he was grouped in along with Chris "Thor" Hemsworth and Ryan "Deadpool" Reynolds in that previous tweet.> Humbled to be listed alongside these two amazing actors. (I'm in the lead to be clear so I should be listed first and I'm filing an official complaint.) https://t.co/5iMqLzTqQB> > -- chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) September 24, 2019Pratt followed that tweet up with annotated proof that he has more "points for" than Hemsworth and Reynolds.> pic.twitter.com/MrjGXgRjBW> > -- chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) September 24, 2019Unsurprisingly, Reynolds wasn't about to take that lying down.> On a scale from 1 to smoking my children's pajamas, how desperate are you to win this thing? agbosuperheroleague https://t.co/OJGBuF0zj5> > -- Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) September 24, 2019You can see the full league standings here. Let's have a moment of silence for Tom Holland, who's currently stone cold last (although in Spider-Man's defence, us Brits don't tend to be super knowledgeable when it comes to
American football).