The management simulator is played (and written about) by adults who should probably know better, and the growth of mega-money games like FIFA has had little impact on its popularity. You might not play it anymore, but virtually anyone with an interest in football has delved into the world of Championship Manager or Football Manager at some point. Then a few years later Frank Lampard went and turned it into real life for Chelsea.
On Championship Manager 03/04 there was an extremely successful tactic which turned out to be a bug in the game.
