Excuse the directors of “The Office” if they grew to dread football season.
Nothing disrupted the filming of the acclaimed sitcom more than the obsession the cast and crew had with beating each other in fantasy football.
The fight for bragging rights started anew each July when the men and women of The Office convened in Van Nuys, California, to begin work on a new season of the show. Fantasy league members often devoted as much time to researching draft targets over the next month as they did writing scripts, reciting lines or transporting gear.