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Originally Posted by Poindexter
I think you misunderstood my post.Personally don't see a whole lot of difference between the Hawks not attempting to shoot when down 13 on the final shot clock of the game and a jockey grabbing hold of a horse in the final strides when it is obvious he will not win and then costing himself a placing in the tri or super. They are both a case of a gambler intentionally being deprived of an opportunity to cash a ticket. When the sports leagues lived in the pretend world that nobody bet their games they did not have any responsibility to care. But now that they are promoting gambling like crazy, they have a responsibility to give gamblers a fair shake. That is my point. I understand that this stuff evens out over time. But the new breed of sports bettor might not be so understanding as evidenced bye this article. Not a big deal to me, jmo. I will be betting the NBA when I am 90 years old
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/j...ssed-the-line/
"There's no doubt about it that it's crossed the line," Bickerstaff said. "The amount of times I'm standing up there and we may have a 10-point lead and the spread is 11 and people are yelling at me to leave the guys in so we can cover the spread, it's ridiculous. But again, I understand the business side of it, the nature of the business of it, but it is something that I believe has gone too far."
Bickerstaff went on to detail his personal experience with sports bettors who have found his information and sent him messages over losing bets.
"I personally have had my own instances with some of the sports gamblers, where they got my telephone number, were sending me crazy messages about where I live, and my kids and all that stuff," Bickerstaff said.
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I did not misunderstand, I just stated coaches and players have not altered their style because of gamblers. Why should they? So they should throw player development to the wind to cover a spread? A 12th man who practices hard should not get rewarded with minutes because the game is on the line late? Here is an idea, use what troubles you to your advantage.
I doubt many people are studying what coaches do in garbage time in NBA games, it has been noted that a record is going to be set for 20 point comebacks this year.
Over a dozen years+ ago as I was in California, I participated in a football picking contest where you either gained or lost points depending on how you did against the spread, you could pick from any 10 pro or college games. Depending on the week you could pick a couple games to be worth double or triple. There were teams like Louisville at the time who would play the starters late and always try to run up the score. There were other teams that pulled starters, but had good back ups and ran the same offensive plays. Then there were teams that would get up big and then tone it down, those were to be avoided. After awhile it was obvious most teams followed a pattern.
