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The NFL claims to be worried about the phony integrity of their games with the passage of sports betting legislation.That's laughable when obvious, less than righteous decisions, are routine in NFL games. We've all seen them.
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On Field Challenges Are Decided In New York and thus your money, not always on your handicapping
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The Kentucky Derby got it right in their decision to DQ Maximum Security. A classic bad beat but it was a righteous decision not like so many recent bad and missed calls that turned entire seasons around. Talk about bad beats how about the ignored pass interference in the NFC Championship game that cost the NO Saints their rightful Super Bowl appearance. A blatant no call that will haunt the franchise forever. Then there's the incorrect call that eliminated the LV Golden Knights from the Stanly Cup playoffs. Both the NFL and NHL admitted they were wrong but the calls should have been corrected immediately no matter what the absurd replay rules say. It was that crucial. Then we witness a missed double dribble and resultant three foul shots with .06 on the clock that cost Auburn a place in the Final Four. How can we handicap this crap? We can't.
Football season will soon be among us
But there’s a sport that leaves nothing to blame on bad beats, bad calls/no calls, turnovers, bizarre play calling, annoying players etc. There's a sport that produces true and correct winners almost every time and that sport is high school and college wrestling.
No expanding and contracting strike zones, no safe judgment calls. No crazy bounces from an oblong football, no missed interference calls. No flags on phantom holding and interference calls to kill a drive. No goofy plays or decisions from coaches. No mistaking a charge from a block. No going to the foul line 30 times while their visiting opponent has three trips to the line. No players playing at half speed because of “foul trouble.”
No having to watch some NFL seven watt bulb do a dance after making a “play” they’re supposed to make. Or an aircraft carrier sized basketball player scream at the rafters while grabbing his jersey number because he made a basket.
There's zero time for grandstanding during a wrestling match. No timeouts to get oxygen like in the NFL or ask to be taken out after a 25 yard run. It’s just you and an equally determined opponent on the mat. Rarely, if ever, is the wrong wrestler’s hand held up in victory. Rarely does a ref make a bad call. The winner is the winner without the bad beats to overcome. You can recognize a dedicated, hard working wrestler. He’s the kid with the cauliflower ears and eyebrows and maybe a crooked nose. He’s also refreshingly polite and humble. Wrestlers willingly endure the hardest workout regimens and sacrifice the most to stay in incredible shape.
Wrestling is the perfect sport to handicap and book. The stats and records reflect actual strengths and capabilities of the opponents, be it an individual match or a team result. There’s an array of propositions that are true to the sport without the silliness of Super Bowl props. Wrestling is perfect for money lines, rounds, full outcomes, over and unders, etc. In-progress betting would be hard to accommodate because the action is so fast. There’s a minute at most between the three rounds (3,2,2 minutes) and maybe a minute between matches. If all 10 weight classes go the distance that’s 70 minutes of nonstop action. The whole event is over in 85-90 minutes, including a brief half time. You can count on the correct decisions be it individual or team outcomes and avoid the stench of a bad beat.
Wrestling is the purest Western sport but it doesn't lend itself to fan costumes, boos, booze, showboating players, narcistic coaches, brain dead advertisements, undeserved wins both on the field and at the cashiers window.
Football season will soon be among us
But there’s a sport that leaves nothing to blame on bad beats, bad calls/no calls, turnovers, bizarre play calling, annoying players etc. There's a sport that produces true and correct winners almost every time and that sport is high school and college wrestling.
No expanding and contracting strike zones, no safe judgment calls. No crazy bounces from an oblong football, no missed interference calls. No flags on phantom holding and interference calls to kill a drive. No goofy plays or decisions from coaches. No mistaking a charge from a block. No going to the foul line 30 times while their visiting opponent has three trips to the line. No players playing at half speed because of “foul trouble.”
No having to watch some NFL seven watt bulb do a dance after making a “play” they’re supposed to make. Or an aircraft carrier sized basketball player scream at the rafters while grabbing his jersey number because he made a basket.
There's zero time for grandstanding during a wrestling match. No timeouts to get oxygen like in the NFL or ask to be taken out after a 25 yard run. It’s just you and an equally determined opponent on the mat. Rarely, if ever, is the wrong wrestler’s hand held up in victory. Rarely does a ref make a bad call. The winner is the winner without the bad beats to overcome. You can recognize a dedicated, hard working wrestler. He’s the kid with the cauliflower ears and eyebrows and maybe a crooked nose. He’s also refreshingly polite and humble. Wrestlers willingly endure the hardest workout regimens and sacrifice the most to stay in incredible shape.
Wrestling is the perfect sport to handicap and book. The stats and records reflect actual strengths and capabilities of the opponents, be it an individual match or a team result. There’s an array of propositions that are true to the sport without the silliness of Super Bowl props. Wrestling is perfect for money lines, rounds, full outcomes, over and unders, etc. In-progress betting would be hard to accommodate because the action is so fast. There’s a minute at most between the three rounds (3,2,2 minutes) and maybe a minute between matches. If all 10 weight classes go the distance that’s 70 minutes of nonstop action. The whole event is over in 85-90 minutes, including a brief half time. You can count on the correct decisions be it individual or team outcomes and avoid the stench of a bad beat.
Wrestling is the purest Western sport but it doesn't lend itself to fan costumes, boos, booze, showboating players, narcistic coaches, brain dead advertisements, undeserved wins both on the field and at the cashiers window.