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Old 02-13-2012, 06:18 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by thaskalos
I used to think that the escalating winning percentage of the favorites was attributed to the shrinking field sizes too...but Dave Schwartz straightened me out.

As it turns out, the fields, on average, have not shrunk as much as one would think.

Dave thinks that the "whales" have more to do with it...and I'm beginning to think that he is right.
I'm not saying it is the only factor, but it is a factor. And we both know favorites don't win at "only" 33% these days.
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