d2bets...you'd be proud of me

[blueedwards]

i month or so ago, i started a thread about how gambling has ruined sports for me. here is an example:

i don't like the cubs. i am a sox fan. however, i am a realist and know that the white sox have no shot at the division this year. the twins are too good and everyone else in that division has improved...except for the sox. their pitching absolutely blows and they lost a ton with ordonez.

a guy in my office is going on and on about how they will win the division this year...burhle this, garcia that, blah blah blah. then he starts in on the cubs...prior's achilles, no outfield, nomar is as fragile as a ming vase, blah blah blah. then, he says "the sox have a better shot at making the playoffs than the cubs do". to which i replied "wanna bet". he's says ok. $25 even money.

its just sickening.

 

[D2bets]

You've become too sharp for your own good.

 

[LEYKIS101]

Nice!

 

[ElIguana]

Great point, Blue. It definitely taints the purity of the game when you put $$ on a certain outcome. You find yourself pulling for teams you don't like but bet on to cover, hoping for poor play to save an under, and even not caring (or remembering) who won a game or how they won as long as your team covered and you got the total.

I have recently attended some high school basketball games---very refreshing to watch kids play without $$, spread, or total involved, just the thrill of competition.

 

[TANG]

without money on it who cares. i live in toronto do you think i really care at all who will win i just want to win money #1 priority #2 very distant 2nd is to be entertained it is purely a business to me.

 

[Illini]

without money on it who cares. i live in toronto do you think i really care at all who will win i just want to win money #1 priority #2 very distant 2nd is to be entertained it is purely a business to me.

I thought you just watched games because you are close friends with Timmy Chang. My bad.