Gambling in sports seems to really get under your skin, Craig. But it seems inevitable that it will become a more prominent feature of sports consumption. You know this but you can't help but fight back and attack it every chance.
Gambling in sports seems to really get under your skin, Craig. But it seems inevitable that it will become a more prominent feature of sports consumption. You know this but you can't help but fight back and attack it every chance.
Idk. You know how baseball ancillary stuff has become more and more how baseball makes money? Merch, luxury boxes, stadiums becoming restaurants and malls? Gambling will dwarf all those tiny revenue streams.
I think you're probably wrong about that. It has traditionally not been that easy to gamble on sports in most places, and online gambling has been handled through offshore accounts with hidden transactions that credit card companies have tried to block. Making it more accessible and simple (and advertising it more) will likely entice many people to try it who otherwise would avoid the hassle or find easier legal games of chance.
Remember when Captain America tightened the straps on his shield and limped forward to take on Thanos' whole army alone near the end of "Endgame?" That's me, except I am fully aware that there will be no one to say "on your left" to come help me out.
Seriously, though: I don't care if people want to bet on sports. I take great issue with the league's themselves and the media which broadcast and cover it getting into the gambling business themselves. It's a totally different deal and will, inevitably, change the sport I love in an effort to make it more attractive to gambling interests. I don't care if that whole process itself is inevitable. I don't have to go along with it and act like it's fine.
And yet you offered your own betting tips in todayтАЩs newsletter!
тАЬIтАЩm willing to bet that many millions of their dollars are going to go directly to the people who are actively attempting to suppress the vote. And I bet nothing of actual substance will be done by, basically, anyone outside of issuing press releases and public statements about what they stand for while they make no actual stand at all.тАЭ
Gambling in sports seems to really get under your skin, Craig. But it seems inevitable that it will become a more prominent feature of sports consumption. You know this but you can't help but fight back and attack it every chance.
Idk. You know how baseball ancillary stuff has become more and more how baseball makes money? Merch, luxury boxes, stadiums becoming restaurants and malls? Gambling will dwarf all those tiny revenue streams.
I think you're probably wrong about that. It has traditionally not been that easy to gamble on sports in most places, and online gambling has been handled through offshore accounts with hidden transactions that credit card companies have tried to block. Making it more accessible and simple (and advertising it more) will likely entice many people to try it who otherwise would avoid the hassle or find easier legal games of chance.
Cinder Guard. He admitted in 2019 that he was going to bet on himself in free agency (https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2019/02/20/noah-syndergaard-i-feel-like-im-going-to-bet-on-myself-in-free-agency/).
Remember when Captain America tightened the straps on his shield and limped forward to take on Thanos' whole army alone near the end of "Endgame?" That's me, except I am fully aware that there will be no one to say "on your left" to come help me out.
Seriously, though: I don't care if people want to bet on sports. I take great issue with the league's themselves and the media which broadcast and cover it getting into the gambling business themselves. It's a totally different deal and will, inevitably, change the sport I love in an effort to make it more attractive to gambling interests. I don't care if that whole process itself is inevitable. I don't have to go along with it and act like it's fine.
And yet you offered your own betting tips in todayтАЩs newsletter!
тАЬIтАЩm willing to bet that many millions of their dollars are going to go directly to the people who are actively attempting to suppress the vote. And I bet nothing of actual substance will be done by, basically, anyone outside of issuing press releases and public statements about what they stand for while they make no actual stand at all.тАЭ
Circles will appear in the air behind you, Cap. You are not alone!
I don't feel so good, Mr. Calcaterra ... ::dissolves into a pile of betting slips::