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Will gambling ruin the NFL and sports in general?
dorquemada replied to ChronicAndKnuckles's topic in The Stadium Wall
Assuming the books aren't already entirely cooked. As terrible as the officiating has been the last few seasons, they are absolutely opening themselves up to that idea. League is fixed, winners are known -> NFL colludes with massive gambling interests -
Im in the movie! (lamp)
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While you are determining what ways to appropriately honor pride month with Finding, be sure to remember that obscenity at public pride parades isn't happening. Additionally, while you document what isn't happening while it's happening, it's really just proof that you deny the existence of gay people while gay people are existing and doing things that they never do. Furthermore as if we needed more proof that public obscenity at pride parades isn't happening..... X prohibits embedding of the tweet below which is simply just the final nail in the coffin for those denying the existence of gay people https://x.com/ThomasSowell/status/1939729393485500480?t=dLtzypRG9oxWH4lrYky-Fw&s=19
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Will gambling ruin the NFL and sports in general?
Bill from NYC replied to ChronicAndKnuckles's topic in The Stadium Wall
Many, many years ago, Jimmy The Greek (a supposed expert) used to give out picks before NFL games. Seriously, he probably guessed wrong on 75% of his selections. People could have made a ton of money betting against him. I wonder if there is money to be made betting against Bradshaw and other announcers. If they know who has the best chance to win, I strongly doubt that they would share it with the public and cause the odds to perhaps change. -
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I don’t understand this trade other than personality and cap management. Steelers likely got maybe better in the secondary. Ramsey at this point is debatable better than Slay or Porter. And a step down at Safety. got a much better move TE with Smith so that helps that offense. mia got worse. Added a malcontent into the safety room with a lot of young depth. Lost their top CB with zero other real boundary CBs on the roster and lost their TE1 that actually was highly effective for them after years of looking for an effective TE. Mia got worse here and Steelers treaded water. historically good FO in terms of talent e v a l in Steelers vs Historically bad FO in talent e v a l Mia. Mia just made their team worse. Get ready for more force feeding of Tyreek as he demanded this offseason.
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Random Political Thoughts Inc.
Joe Ferguson forever replied to T&C's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
You're not exactly painting a picture of a young woman getting run down by a Dodge Challenger.... Justanother day in a peaceful university town. -
Will gambling ruin the NFL and sports in general?
dorquemada replied to ChronicAndKnuckles's topic in The Stadium Wall
I saw a study somewhere that indicated that the increased money spent on sports gambling mostly came out of savings/investment That's a bad trend. -
I think the salary cap helped drive this trade. The Dolphins unload a very good player (Ramsey) who nevertheless costs more than he's worth, and an expensive yet mediocre tight end (Smith), and get a single player back who's better and cheaper than the players they let go. Apparently the Steelers have the salary cap cash to pay for these additions along with Aaron Rodgers. Just wondering if the Bills could have made a similar move, trading, say, Benford plus a JAG to get Fitzpatrick. I think the Bills would not be interested in this. Benford is a quiet assassin and fits the Bills' scheme. Fitzpatrick is a wild man and might not thrive in a more structured system like what the Bills do. Anyway that's just a random thought, not something we would have considered.
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Buffalo Sabres and the NHL: 2025 - 2026
\GoBillsInDallas/ replied to Draconator's topic in Off the Wall
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UPDATE: ISRAEL v IRAN - Ceasefire reached?
Homelander replied to Big Blitz's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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Will gambling ruin the NFL and sports in general?
SoTier replied to ChronicAndKnuckles's topic in The Stadium Wall
Horse racing in North America would not exist as a sport without on track pari-mutual betting, which has been legal since at least the 1930s in states like California, Florida, and New York. In the 1970s, New York State legalized off-track betting run by state approved regional betting companies. More recently, casinos, like Presque Isle Casino in Erie, PA, have partnered with horse racing tracks -- or have their own race tracks. Actually, fixing horse races is very rare despite lots more races run than football games played. Most of the integrity issues involving racing -- usually trying to sneak performance enhancing drugs into horses -- results from individuals trying to get their own horses to win races rather than conspiring with gambling interests to get a specific horse to win in a specific race.