The NFL will have a kinda-sorta team (the Raiders) in Las Vegas soon, which suggests it's kinda-sorta not four-square against gambling on its product, as long as you're quiet about it and don't make it open its eyes by shouting HEY, LOOK, NFL, WE'RE GAMBLING ON YOUR PRODUCT.
That said ... there are reasons you might not want to gamble on the NFL. And none of them have anything to do with the fact that if you let gamblers in (officially, that is) guys named Bugsy and Rocco and Paulie Walnuts will move in and take over the sport.
No, sir. You don't want to gamble on the NFL for three reasons:
1. Jaguars 6, Colts 0.
2. Cardinals 20, Packers 17.
3. Giants 30, Bears 27.
In other words, a team that had lost seven games in a row shut out a team that had won five in a row behind one of the hottest quarterbacks in the league. A really, really awful team from Arizona beat Aaron Rodgers in Lambeau Field in December. And a cruddy Giants team beat a Bears team that looked like it really had its stuff together.
To sum up: The NFL is stupid. There is no such thing as momentum and you can't predict anything from week to week. And so it's the sucker bet of all sucker bets.
But go ahead, plunk some more down on next week's games. I'm sure you'll win big.
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