Fantasy football is in full swing, but this year the dynamic of keep track of you players has changed as team owners can use twitter to track their players, and also get the latest updates from the micro blogging site. Twitter has become so prevalent, that the NFL had to release a policy about athlete’s using it before and after games. The policy states:

Players, coaches and football operations personnel can use Twitter, Facebook and other social media up to 90 minutes before kickoff, and after the game following traditional media interviews. The use of social media by NFL game officials and officiating department personnel will be prohibited at all times. The league, which has always barred play-by-play descriptions of games in progress, also extended that ban to social media platforms.

While fantasy football to some may seem like a stupid game that takes up way too much time, it’s a $1.5 billion industry with close to 30 million active players. Additionally, leagues have been formed on Facebook, and there are even social networking sites just for fantasy football. For those of you who do play, here are several ways to use twitter to help your team win your league’s super bowl.

Many of your players have twitter accounts and following them may be actually like coaching your team. To find if any of your players are on twitter go to: twitter-athletes.

If you have a twitter account, do a search for fantasy football or #fantasyfootball to see what people are saying about fantasy football.  What’s pretty cool is that there are so many tweets that you can do the same search a little later and get completely different results.

Many broadcasters and fantasy football websites have accounts on Twitter, and they’re all posting their thoughts, opinions, and articles.  A good list of people and websites in fantasy football is on the WeFollow directory.

You can also pose questions to your followers who may also have teams and have “insiders knowledge” about who start or sit each week. Just think about the millions of people whose thoughts you can read in real time-on how players are performing, any recent injuries or other game time updates. It really adds an interesting element to the game. Also polling your followers may just help you make your decision an easy one. Just don’t blame them, when they get knocked out on the first play or throw 5 interceptions. This game isn’t science, which is why it’s fun!

So as I enter Week 3, I’m 1-1, but hope to complete a big trade this week, which should put me in place to win this year’s championship. Good luck to all!