ABSTRACT
Participation in fantasy sports has increased steadily in the 21st century, and sport scholars have recognized its growth by developing participant motivation scales. B. Dwyer and Y. Kim grounded the Motivation Scale for Fantasy Football Participation (MSFFP) in Uses and Gratifications research, identifying and validating three motivational dimensions for fantasy football participation: entertainment/escape, competition, and social interaction. In developing the MSFFP, Dwyer and Kim conducted focus groups to identify the most common motivations for fantasy football participation. Dwyer, S. L. Shapiro, and J. Drayer adapted the MSFFP for a study of fantasy baseball motives, including a gambling segment in the research. Dwyer, Shapiro, and Drayer later applied the MSFFP in research examining fantasy football and gambling, while Weiner and Dwyer used an extended MSFFP in studying daily fantasy sport participation. In general, the MSFFP has performed well in studies involving fantasy sports. Because the scale focuses on football, researchers have necessarily altered the sports included on scale items.
