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VAGolf wrote:just take your favorite sport and um...read up on its history. Gambling has done more harm to sports than helped it.ballcoach15 wrote:gambling on sporting events should be illegal. If I live to be 105, I will never understand why people have to drink beer at ball games. I probably attend more ball games than 90% of the population, and I have never had a beer at a game. Beer is not a necessity at a ball game.
What's wrong with gambling?
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RubberMallet wrote:Steroids has done more harm to baseball than gambling. Gambling made the NFL the multi billion dollar business it is today. Gambling has caused issues but if you took it away you would take interest away. People who watch sports like to gamble. (So do people who play them at higher levels) Also, gambling can self polices. Affecting the winner and loser of a game causes credibility to go down, thus viewership and interest to evaporate ( horse racing?boxing?). Point shaving affects millions of people who will want to see justice done. I see no problem with gambling on sportsVAGolf wrote:just take your favorite sport and um...read up on its history. Gambling has done more harm to sports than helped it.ballcoach15 wrote:gambling on sporting events should be illegal. If I live to be 105, I will never understand why people have to drink beer at ball games. I probably attend more ball games than 90% of the population, and I have never had a beer at a game. Beer is not a necessity at a ball game.
What's wrong with gambling?
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RubberMallet wrote:i don't care about who's done worse harm. And i'm not talking about popularity or how much money a sport has made. Gambling has made sporting outcomes skeptical. But gambling is inevitable. Its not something you can make illegal or take away. ever. And i've made plenty of picks over the years and will continue to do so because its fun and i know when to be done. but from an integrity standpoint its hard to point to a whole lot that its done to help the sport competitively.That's an entirely philosophical question than. The only thing that has helped ANY Sport is the intrinsic motivation of its participants.
Purple Haize wrote:Gambling made the NFL the multi billion dollar business it is today.It's statements like this that I don't buy. The gambling world would LOVE for everyone to think this, of course.
ALUmnus wrote:Why don't you buy it? Look at the amount of money bet on games. Is it the sole reason? No. Is it a major reason? Yes. Why do people watch the end of blow out games? Point spread.Purple Haize wrote:Gambling made the NFL the multi billion dollar business it is today.It's statements like this that I don't buy. The gambling world would LOVE for everyone to think this, of course.
Purple Haize wrote:This is why gamblers watch the end of blowout games. But there are also these things called "fans" who do the same.ALUmnus wrote:Why don't you buy it? Look at the amount of money bet on games. Is it the sole reason? No. Is it a major reason? Yes. Why do people watch the end of blow out games? Point spread.Purple Haize wrote:Gambling made the NFL the multi billion dollar business it is today.It's statements like this that I don't buy. The gambling world would LOVE for everyone to think this, of course.
ALUmnus wrote:Purple Haize wrote:Gambling made the NFL the multi billion dollar business it is today.It's statements like this that I don't buy. The gambling world would LOVE for everyone to think this, of course.
PAmedic wrote:you're absolutely right
ATrain wrote:One could say fans make the gambling industry millions...so passionate they're willing to bet tangible assets on their teams.Not necessarily. People who bet the ponies or the pooches aren't really passionate about it. And neither of those 2 sports would be around if it weren't for gambling
Purple Haize wrote:Yes, but horseracing was essentially created by gamblers for gamblers. Its not that why with the mainstream sports.ATrain wrote:One could say fans make the gambling industry millions...so passionate they're willing to bet tangible assets on their teams.Not necessarily. People who bet the ponies or the pooches aren't really passionate about it. And neither of those 2 sports would be around if it weren't for gambling
PAmedic wrote:you're absolutely right
ATrain wrote:ANYTHING involving competition will attract gamblers or be created by them.Purple Haize wrote:Yes, but horseracing was essentially created by gamblers for gamblers. Its not that why with the mainstream sports.ATrain wrote:One could say fans make the gambling industry millions...so passionate they're willing to bet tangible assets on their teams.Not necessarily. People who bet the ponies or the pooches aren't really passionate about it. And neither of those 2 sports would be around if it weren't for gambling
PAmedic wrote:you're absolutely right
ATrain wrote:I agree about anything involving competition...but the NFL attracts the gamblers, the gamblers didn't create the NFLBut they made it more popular. People began to have a vested interest in the games Does it coincide with the Super Bowl or later? Again, gambling isn't the only factor but it is a big one in a Sports growth.
Purple Haize wrote:What's the over-under on grunts per set of a women's match?ATrain wrote:I agree about anything involving competition...but the NFL attracts the gamblers, the gamblers didn't create the NFLBut they made it more popular. People began to have a vested interest in the games Does it coincide with the Super Bowl or later? Again, gambling isn't the only factor but it is a big one in a Sports growth.
Not sure how many people bet on Tennis though
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