Tom Brady's Injury Will Reportedly Cost People $150 Million in Fantasy Football Losses

Tom Brady's injury is a bad thing for many people on a number of levels. Bad for the Patriots in the AFC East. Bad for Brady because his knee is kind of funked. And bad for fantasy owners, because according to Darren Rovell, if Brady is out for the season, his collective ownership will lose $150 million.

Here's how the math is done.

Brady's incredible year last year, which included a record 50 touchdown passes, meant that about 50 percent of the people who drafted Brady last year won their leagues, Thomas said. With the Brady hype not bought by all, Thomas said that it was believed that about 30 percent of leagues this year would be won because of Brady.

With about $500 million in fantasy prizes on the line, that's a $150 million shift in dollars. And some think that's at the low end of the spectrum since the total value of office pools is tough to ascertain.

See, I would have had it pegged for more -- there are TONS of fantasy football leagues in which none of the prizes are monitored by any website or agency of any kind. Hell, I'm in at least ... um, zero of them. Yes, zero.

Of course, this whole fiasco -- Brady going down and ruining your fantasy football season -- could have been completely avoided had you listened to the experts at Fantasy FanHouse. We did, after all tell you not to draft Brady. Of course, in fairness we said to do that because he's overvalued and not because we have Bernard Pollard on the payroll, but still, we said it.

Tom Brady Snapshots

New England Patriots line backer Mike Vrabel speaks with reporters in the teams locker room at Gillette Stadium, in Foxborough, Mass., Monday, Sept. 8, 2008. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady left Sunday's game against Kansas City in Foxborough after he was hit by Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard in the first quarter of New England's 17-10 victory. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

New England Patriots offensive lineman Matt Light speaks with reporters in the teams locker room at Gillette Stadium, in Foxborough, Mass., Monday, Sept. 8, 2008. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady left Sunday's game against Kansas City in Foxborough after he was hit by Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard in the first quarter of New England's 17-10 victory. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Clothing and equipment rests in New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's locker at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., Monday, Sept. 8, 2008. Brady will miss the entire NFL season with a left knee injury that will require surgery, leaving the Patriots without one of the game's great quarterbacks, their Super Bowl hopes severely damaged. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

New England Patriots public relations staff member Casey O'Connell walks past quarterback Tom Brady's locker at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., Monday, Sept. 8, 2008. Brady will miss the entire NFL season with a left knee injury suffered Sunday that will require surgery, leaving the New England Patriots without one of the game's great quarterbacks, their Super Bowl hopes severely damaged. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

** FILE ** In this Jan. 30, 2000, file photo, St. Louis Rams quarterback Kurt Warner (13) is hit by Tennessee Titans safety Blain Bishop (23) in the first quarter of the Super Bowl in Atlanta. Warner stepped in when Trent Green went down with a knee injury during the season, and led the Rams to a Super Bowl victory. Two years later, little-known Tom Brady did the same for New England. Now Brady is out for the season with a knee injury, leaving the Patriots to hope Matt Cassel can be the latest Supersub to step up. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

New England Patriots defensive lineman Richard Seymour takes questions from reporters in the team's locker room at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., Monday, Sept. 8, 2008. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady will miss the entire NFL season with a left knee injury Sunday that will require surgery, leaving the Patriots without one of the game's great quarterbacks, their Super Bowl hopes severely damaged. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

New England Patriots quarterback Matt Cassel drops back to pass during an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs in Foxborough, Mass., Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Patriots starter Tom Brady is out for the season with a knee injury suffered in Sunday's game. The Patriots hope Cassel can be the latest Supersub to step up. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)

New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick takes questions about quarterback Tom Brady during a news conference at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., Monday, Sept. 8, 2008. Brady will miss the entire NFL season with a left knee injury that will require surgery, leaving the Patriots without one of the game's great quarterbacks, their Super Bowl hopes severely damaged. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

** FILE ** In this Feb. 3, 208 file photo, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is shown on the field during the Super Bowl XLII football game at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Brady is out for the season with a left knee injury that will require surgery. The 2007 NFL Most Valuable Player will be placed on injured reserve, the Patriots said Monday, one day after his knee was injured in the first quarter of a 17-10 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

** FILE ** In this Feb. 3, 2008 file photo, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady walks across the field before the Super Bowl XLII football game against the New York Giants at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Brady is out for the season with a left knee injury that will require surgery. The 2007 NFL Most Valuable Player will be placed on injured reserve, the Patriots said Monday Sept. 8, 2008, one day after his knee was injured in the first quarter of a 17-10 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)