[pyvpx]

I would argue it's not a proper market place, fantasy or not, without such ability. (meaning, whatever values or data that comes from this is of near zero utility without the ability to short)

[nodesocket]

You can only short public companies, so why should you be able to short any company in fantasy investing?

[eru]

Why not? No need to restrict our fantasy investing to what people think is proper.

[taylorwc]

I'd guess the comment was less about 'what people think is proper,' and more about the fact that there are typically no mechanisms by which to short very early stage private companies.

[eru]

Yes. I guess I think games ought to be more awesome than life.

[pyvpx]

because fantasy investing is fundamentally a prediction market (IMO)

[gcb0]

last time i checked, every single fantasy football site also didn't allow you to borrow money from money sharks to try to bet against on a bad line up.