Fantasy football boosts employee morale, but could cost businesses big bucks

With the kick-off of the 2011 NFL season just hours away, it’s important to remember what football season is all about – eating massive amounts of buffalo wings, hats that dispense your favorite beverage, and yes, of course, fantasy football.

The semi-annual Challenger, Gray & Christmas publicity stunt, er, survey (they also do a similar survey for the NCAA basketball tournament in March) has been released, detailing exactly how much employee’s time spent on researching and adjusting their fantasy football lineups affects the businesses that they work for, and the numbers aren’t pretty.

Fantasy sports players…