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Daily Fantasy Football: Should You Consider Ownership in Cash Games?

Fading a highly-owned player in a tournament can be a beneficial strategy. Should we also be considering ownership in cash games?

Most discussions of ownership in daily fantasy football center around the role it plays in tournaments. Fading that high-priced stud as his ownership tickles 40 percent? Have at it. But what about in cash?

As noted in our cash-game breakdown, things are radically different when you're only trying to top 50 percent of the field. You will take a more cautious approach in an attempt to favor floor over ceiling, and this is the exact note that will shape how we handle ownership percentages.

Let's go through how ownership should play into your cash-game strategies, as this is one of the biggest differences between these types of contests and tournaments.

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