This is a more polite way of saying, they've become whores.
Once upon a time, when people would claim that football was the most popular sport in America, the (correct) rejoinder was "No, you're confusing football with gambling." However, what little moral ground baseball may have had has been ceded with the deals with DraftKings and BetMGM. All that's left is to debate which are the stirrups and which is the speculum.
Cuomo's decision goes with his decision to reopen restaurants (at one quarter capacity) for Valentine's Day. He wants to help the economy, which I get, but is cherry picking information, which is stupid. At least baseball is outdoors. Reopening for hockey and basketball is madness.
Speaking of Citi Field, the city opened a vaccination site there yesterday, and even though it was clear from what the mayor and the media said that you need to make an appointment, hundreds showed up thinking they didn't need one. Hardly the first time people have gone home from Citi Field disappointed.
Velma's origin: she met the others in school. But they just covered that in last year's Scoob. But if you are working with Mindy Kalling, shouldn't it be "Velma after the Scoobies?" Or better you, just create something new. I heard people used to do that.
It's too bad that Mark Cuban didn't continue not having the national anthem played, because it's really such a ridiculous thing to do before an entertainment event. I don't have to stand for the anthem before a movie, or a play, or a symphony concert. It's silly to have it before a sports event too.
After the last many years of performative patriotism being wielded as a cudgel I don't even like the sound of it anymore, no matter how well it is performed. When I used to go to minor league baseball games I'd try to make sure I was in the bathroom during the anthem so I didn't have to deal with it.
The Mavs need to be maliciously compliant here: give them Jimi Hendrix, and not the short version. Give America the full 6 plus minutes of psychedelic patriotism.
Why do we play the National Anthem so much? It’s so unnecessary and only a handful of people can sing it well. Cuban is a invested owner (which I like about him) and this was actually a good idea on his part.
My grandfather did a lot of racetrack gambling. He died completely broke at a VA hospital. I HATE sports gambling. Hate with the intensity of 1000 Kryptonion Suns.
I live in a heavy military base area and work on one of the bases as a contractor. Everyday at 5pm on military bases the national anthem right after the retreat bugle call. All personnel outdoors are supposed to stop and face the flag or at least in the direction of the music. I know many folks that make sure they leave work so they are off base (if you are in your car you have to drop driving) before 5pm to avoid having to do that. I’ve heard stories of people ducking down in parked cars so they don’t have to.
There is also a chain BBQ semi-fast food restaurant that is military themed that plays the national anthem at noon every day and people eating there are expected to stop eating and stand. I know military personnel that have stopped going there because of it.
On the survey, and what we like about the content match what we hate about the content, I’m talking checking all four items in both questions? Also, liked the snark in some of them, at least we know you wrote them and not some marketing person.
To some extent you're competing against other gamblers, as well as the house. To use a football example (because I don't understand baseball gambling odds) if the betting on the Ravens game is balanced such that the house makes the spread 3 points to get an even amount of money on them to win and lose, but you have some inside information that tells you they are more than 50% likely to cover that spread, you have an edge on the average gambler.
Will the house know that too? Sure, but their motivation is to set the odds to keep equal money betting on both teams, not where the odds make it a 50/50 chance that each team will win. As long as the betting is split even, the house is guaranteed to make a profit via their rake. But if 75% of the money was on the Ravens, they could lose money if the Ravens win. (Or, granted, make more money than normal if the Ravens lose. But then they're the ones gambling. They want the sure money on other people doing the gambling, not gamble on the outcome themselves.)
One additional note about the Mavs/anthem story - more than 1/3 of the players on the Dallas roster are foreign born. I rarely see any discussion about the appropriateness of forcing a player to stand for an anthem that is not his own.
This tweet was how I first found out about the Velma show: https://twitter.com/JarettSays/status/1359633936909959169?s=19
"It's unseemly business."
This is a more polite way of saying, they've become whores.
Once upon a time, when people would claim that football was the most popular sport in America, the (correct) rejoinder was "No, you're confusing football with gambling." However, what little moral ground baseball may have had has been ceded with the deals with DraftKings and BetMGM. All that's left is to debate which are the stirrups and which is the speculum.
I highly recommend going to a game in-person with a non-American adult who has never watched Baseball before.
My Russian friend was doing so well, until the 7th and it was popcorn song time. You forgot how weird baseball actually is after years of following.
Cuomo's decision goes with his decision to reopen restaurants (at one quarter capacity) for Valentine's Day. He wants to help the economy, which I get, but is cherry picking information, which is stupid. At least baseball is outdoors. Reopening for hockey and basketball is madness.
Speaking of Citi Field, the city opened a vaccination site there yesterday, and even though it was clear from what the mayor and the media said that you need to make an appointment, hundreds showed up thinking they didn't need one. Hardly the first time people have gone home from Citi Field disappointed.
Velma's origin: she met the others in school. But they just covered that in last year's Scoob. But if you are working with Mindy Kalling, shouldn't it be "Velma after the Scoobies?" Or better you, just create something new. I heard people used to do that.
It's too bad that Mark Cuban didn't continue not having the national anthem played, because it's really such a ridiculous thing to do before an entertainment event. I don't have to stand for the anthem before a movie, or a play, or a symphony concert. It's silly to have it before a sports event too.
After the last many years of performative patriotism being wielded as a cudgel I don't even like the sound of it anymore, no matter how well it is performed. When I used to go to minor league baseball games I'd try to make sure I was in the bathroom during the anthem so I didn't have to deal with it.
If I'm Mark Cuban, I will happily get a guest singer to perform the National Anthem before each game.
And that guest singer will be a Smurf. Every time.
The Mavs need to be maliciously compliant here: give them Jimi Hendrix, and not the short version. Give America the full 6 plus minutes of psychedelic patriotism.
Why do we play the National Anthem so much? It’s so unnecessary and only a handful of people can sing it well. Cuban is a invested owner (which I like about him) and this was actually a good idea on his part.
My grandfather did a lot of racetrack gambling. He died completely broke at a VA hospital. I HATE sports gambling. Hate with the intensity of 1000 Kryptonion Suns.
I live in a heavy military base area and work on one of the bases as a contractor. Everyday at 5pm on military bases the national anthem right after the retreat bugle call. All personnel outdoors are supposed to stop and face the flag or at least in the direction of the music. I know many folks that make sure they leave work so they are off base (if you are in your car you have to drop driving) before 5pm to avoid having to do that. I’ve heard stories of people ducking down in parked cars so they don’t have to.
There is also a chain BBQ semi-fast food restaurant that is military themed that plays the national anthem at noon every day and people eating there are expected to stop eating and stand. I know military personnel that have stopped going there because of it.
On the survey, and what we like about the content match what we hate about the content, I’m talking checking all four items in both questions? Also, liked the snark in some of them, at least we know you wrote them and not some marketing person.
To some extent you're competing against other gamblers, as well as the house. To use a football example (because I don't understand baseball gambling odds) if the betting on the Ravens game is balanced such that the house makes the spread 3 points to get an even amount of money on them to win and lose, but you have some inside information that tells you they are more than 50% likely to cover that spread, you have an edge on the average gambler.
Will the house know that too? Sure, but their motivation is to set the odds to keep equal money betting on both teams, not where the odds make it a 50/50 chance that each team will win. As long as the betting is split even, the house is guaranteed to make a profit via their rake. But if 75% of the money was on the Ravens, they could lose money if the Ravens win. (Or, granted, make more money than normal if the Ravens lose. But then they're the ones gambling. They want the sure money on other people doing the gambling, not gamble on the outcome themselves.)
One additional note about the Mavs/anthem story - more than 1/3 of the players on the Dallas roster are foreign born. I rarely see any discussion about the appropriateness of forcing a player to stand for an anthem that is not his own.