Something written by someone else that I revised a bit to expand the focus to sports beyond just Golfing.
The Reason that your Win % is down from years past is that The Mindset of those playing the sports you bet on has changed.
And not just changed a little bit but become significantly different than the mindset of the athletes that you used to bet on.
....and have better success with.
"Golf" is the focus below but the following is applicable to other sports, certainly Baseball, BIGTIME applicable to baseball...you'll see how it may pertain to Football as well.....absolutely pertains to Basketball on the whole.
The way that Millennials think and their beliefs, how they see the world along with technology (computerization) that has given linesmakers the ability to set Much Sharper Lines, is why you have less success betting than you did in years past and why Sportsbetting & Handicapping have evolved to become more of a -EV struggle for you than it once was
alangrrbs
It's the life guys dream of. Money, Fame, Women, Traveling the world, whatever car or truck you want to drive, live wherever you want to have more than one house if you desire....
The Top Golfers are earning the money that the market has decided they are worth. Even the bad golfers are making bank as long as they keep their tour card.
People tune in to watch Spieth, McIlroy, Fowler, Day, Phil, Bubba, Scott, Sergio and Dustin. And why shouldn't they...these guys are the most interesting.
The guys earning all the money are the ones who have success and personality. Recently a few of these top golfers vacationed together and snapchatted pictures from their vacation.
This was, if not a calculated move on their part, at the very least a demonstration of how The Mind of The Millennial works.
Most of them get along, some even party together and create an elite club.
The Key Point to absorb and Grasp is that Millenials aren't interested in tearing each other apart. They like helping people they consider equals. They see a bigger picture. They want to be successful, and they know if everyone on their level is successful, they will be too. It's really smart business.
They are concerned more with Good Business than with being the best ever at their craft.
What this translates into is an inability on a Bettor's part to be able to rely upon and KNOW that he is going to get maximum effort from a particular Golfer or set of Golfers or....
Baseball Players, Football Players, Basketbal etc.
Simple Example:
Golfer A. has just welcomed his first Baby. Golfers B, C, D & E play a bit less ferociously than they are capable of on Sunday so as to give their friend Golfer A that very nice gift. Or maybe Golfer A is having financial challenges, has a family member who is ill....
The Game Has Changed.
You can deny it, object, make all the fuss about how nothing has changed all that you want while you exist within a world where practically everything has changed dramatically from the world you lived in just 20 years ago.
Insist that you are winning at the same clip, all is well but if you watch games you bet on you see it.
"Schizophrenic" type performances of athletes and teams wherein they fail on unprecedented levels, "Top" players who can't hit a baseball in clutch situations to a greater degree than was true in the past, players where its obvious that the Lifestyle that wealth has brought them is a higher priority than being the best at the sport they play or.....even being as good at that as they could be at that sport.
Winning simply is not as important as it has been in the past, to the Millennial athletes of today.
There are a lot of young cool guys on the PGA tour, but that spring break snapchat event should've given notice to every sports bettor and especially to those who bet Golf. These young guys are working together and supporting each other. The days of someone like Tiger Woods wanting to intimidate and rip the heart out of his opponents are loooong gone. After that trip, you think Fowler is going for the jugular if he's paried up against Rory on Sunday? Heck no...they'll congratulate each other after every shot. Cause they are all making bank.
If golf fans are looking for the next cut-throat balls to the wall take no prisoners rivalry, Good luck...it doesn't exist right now, and won't unless someone comes along who rejects The Millennial Mindset, desires to DOMINATE and "calls these guys out".
The Problem with that is that Golf is healthier overall and (of particular importance to "The Club" of today's Elite Players) individual Players are healthier overall if there are multiple superstars with a genuine chance to win rather than a Tiger Woods like situation.
Yes.
It is a somewhat "Socialist" Viewpoint....Philosophy....that the Millineals are bringing to the table and it needs to be factored in when betting on events they are taking part in.
How does one do that?
This will be a question that will need to be answered going forward.
Do you think Jordan Spieth is motivated by a desire to be the greatest golfer that has ever lived?
Or is it possible that he is more motivated by this:
http://www.golfdigest.com/story/the-jordan-spieth-brand-accelerating-as-fast-as-a-300-yard-drive
There's just so much money to be made in being a big name in golf, baseball and other sports...the winning isn't even important to these guys. When Greg Norman collapsed, he had to go home and think about it. when Van De Velde collapsed he had to go home and think about it.
When Spieth went home he thought about it, and then thought more about his contracts with AT&T, Under Armour, and Coke (a deal that put his brand on the same level as Lebron and Taylor Swift).
Those who want to try and make money betting on sports have some stuff to think about as well.
Things that sports bettors of the past did not have to devote time to thinking about.
How exactly does one factor into their capping a consideration of the level of desire to Win? On the part of an athlete?
Or even really try....a given athlete even making a sincere effort?
Money has changed the game. The Millennial Mindset has totally changed the game.
The Reason that your Win % is down from years past is that The Mindset of those playing the sports you bet on has changed.
And not just changed a little bit but become significantly different than the mindset of the athletes that you used to bet on.
....and have better success with.
"Golf" is the focus below but the following is applicable to other sports, certainly Baseball, BIGTIME applicable to baseball...you'll see how it may pertain to Football as well.....absolutely pertains to Basketball on the whole.
The way that Millennials think and their beliefs, how they see the world along with technology (computerization) that has given linesmakers the ability to set Much Sharper Lines, is why you have less success betting than you did in years past and why Sportsbetting & Handicapping have evolved to become more of a -EV struggle for you than it once was
alangrrbs
It's the life guys dream of. Money, Fame, Women, Traveling the world, whatever car or truck you want to drive, live wherever you want to have more than one house if you desire....
The Top Golfers are earning the money that the market has decided they are worth. Even the bad golfers are making bank as long as they keep their tour card.
People tune in to watch Spieth, McIlroy, Fowler, Day, Phil, Bubba, Scott, Sergio and Dustin. And why shouldn't they...these guys are the most interesting.
The guys earning all the money are the ones who have success and personality. Recently a few of these top golfers vacationed together and snapchatted pictures from their vacation.
This was, if not a calculated move on their part, at the very least a demonstration of how The Mind of The Millennial works.
Most of them get along, some even party together and create an elite club.
The Key Point to absorb and Grasp is that Millenials aren't interested in tearing each other apart. They like helping people they consider equals. They see a bigger picture. They want to be successful, and they know if everyone on their level is successful, they will be too. It's really smart business.
They are concerned more with Good Business than with being the best ever at their craft.
What this translates into is an inability on a Bettor's part to be able to rely upon and KNOW that he is going to get maximum effort from a particular Golfer or set of Golfers or....
Baseball Players, Football Players, Basketbal etc.
Simple Example:
Golfer A. has just welcomed his first Baby. Golfers B, C, D & E play a bit less ferociously than they are capable of on Sunday so as to give their friend Golfer A that very nice gift. Or maybe Golfer A is having financial challenges, has a family member who is ill....
The Game Has Changed.
You can deny it, object, make all the fuss about how nothing has changed all that you want while you exist within a world where practically everything has changed dramatically from the world you lived in just 20 years ago.
Insist that you are winning at the same clip, all is well but if you watch games you bet on you see it.
"Schizophrenic" type performances of athletes and teams wherein they fail on unprecedented levels, "Top" players who can't hit a baseball in clutch situations to a greater degree than was true in the past, players where its obvious that the Lifestyle that wealth has brought them is a higher priority than being the best at the sport they play or.....even being as good at that as they could be at that sport.
Winning simply is not as important as it has been in the past, to the Millennial athletes of today.
There are a lot of young cool guys on the PGA tour, but that spring break snapchat event should've given notice to every sports bettor and especially to those who bet Golf. These young guys are working together and supporting each other. The days of someone like Tiger Woods wanting to intimidate and rip the heart out of his opponents are loooong gone. After that trip, you think Fowler is going for the jugular if he's paried up against Rory on Sunday? Heck no...they'll congratulate each other after every shot. Cause they are all making bank.
If golf fans are looking for the next cut-throat balls to the wall take no prisoners rivalry, Good luck...it doesn't exist right now, and won't unless someone comes along who rejects The Millennial Mindset, desires to DOMINATE and "calls these guys out".
The Problem with that is that Golf is healthier overall and (of particular importance to "The Club" of today's Elite Players) individual Players are healthier overall if there are multiple superstars with a genuine chance to win rather than a Tiger Woods like situation.
Yes.
It is a somewhat "Socialist" Viewpoint....Philosophy....that the Millineals are bringing to the table and it needs to be factored in when betting on events they are taking part in.
How does one do that?
This will be a question that will need to be answered going forward.
Do you think Jordan Spieth is motivated by a desire to be the greatest golfer that has ever lived?
Or is it possible that he is more motivated by this:
http://www.golfdigest.com/story/the-jordan-spieth-brand-accelerating-as-fast-as-a-300-yard-drive
There's just so much money to be made in being a big name in golf, baseball and other sports...the winning isn't even important to these guys. When Greg Norman collapsed, he had to go home and think about it. when Van De Velde collapsed he had to go home and think about it.
When Spieth went home he thought about it, and then thought more about his contracts with AT&T, Under Armour, and Coke (a deal that put his brand on the same level as Lebron and Taylor Swift).
Those who want to try and make money betting on sports have some stuff to think about as well.
Things that sports bettors of the past did not have to devote time to thinking about.
How exactly does one factor into their capping a consideration of the level of desire to Win? On the part of an athlete?
Or even really try....a given athlete even making a sincere effort?
Money has changed the game. The Millennial Mindset has totally changed the game.
