>>32682
Thats what, 4 players making a combined billion dollars alone? Thats sure healthy.

Man, looking at these recent contracts Goldschmidt is going to get a huge payday.

>>32683
It's actually more than the Tampa Bay Rays' payroll in their entire franchise history.

>VCU playing UFC in first round

Could be a competitive game that hopefully the Rams will win

>2nd round opponent could be Duke

God dammit

>>32679

>VCU playing UFC in first round

BOOM! YOU'RE GONNA GET HIT! YOU'RE GONNA GET KNOCKED OUT!
THIS IS THE ULTIMATE! YOU'RE GONNA GET HIT!

>>32680
Dammit i meant to say UCF but I tapped at your post

Hard to gauge the Ravens atm, but if Lamar Jackson becomes a better thrower then I still like Baltimore to win the north. It's good to see the Browns put a team together that can crack .500, but they're still the Browns. If they don't get in their own way the refs will.

If Alex Smith's career is over, I guess Case Keenum or Colt McCoy is our next best option then. They just need a better wide receivers corps and offensive line. I also hope Landon Collins is worth the $86 million they're paying for.

>>32665
Well now the Jets got Bell and with more guaranteed money.

>>32677

As a Cowboys fan, I'm happy about the direction your team is going. Feels like Snyder is back on his shit and overpaying guys, which is fantastic.

Having a rooting interest, watching it in person, watching the Stanley Cup playoffs, watching hockey fight video compilations on youtube, playing hockey, playing hockey vidya.

It's a great game. If you don't fully understand it just watch for visceral thrills till it clicks and your appreciation of the game will skyrocket and you'll be addicted.

>>32668
How do i learn the history and all of the top players?

>>32589
Looking forward to Atlanta-Portland considering it's gonna be the highest attended MLS Cup game and they're two teams with passionate fanbases. Guess we'll see how the Timbers are gonna be able to contain Josef Martinez.

Bumpin' for MLS being back. That Portland-Colorado game was wild.

>>32660
And playing in Premier League type weather too, shit was wild. Also DC United knocking off the MLS Cup champs Atlanta United was a welcome surprise.

Seattle's team is going to be based as fuck. I'm quite excited.

>>32651
Good looking coaches make all the difference.

>>32635
Also Quebec City's bid was also hurt by the weaker Canadian dollar and the Montreal Canadiens becoming Quebec's team since the Nordiques left.

And now he's retired.

>>32631

>For now he's retired

FTFY?

>>32636
This. Meyer's as slippery as they come, and I could absolutely see him pull a Florida and come back to some big name program currently at sea like USC or Miami in a couple years.

people that are just placing small-time money on shit (march madness brackets at work, fantasy football with your friends) won't have to hide it any more, and states can possibly regulate and make revenue off of it. I don't know how that would look or if it would be a good thing for the average joe fantasy player, but as a Floridian I think we're gonna head towards legalization post haste and I guess I support bringing more revenue to the state. high rollers/pro gamblers, meanwhile, will have more cities of sin in which to party and bet (see: Miami) and states will likely make more revenue off of that too. fairness of competition will not change, at least not until the incentive to take falls exceeds bonuses players and coaches already get for winning playoff games or making certain benchmarks (which I don't see ever happening). plus a lot of bets these days aren't "I bet the eagles will beat the pats" but more like "Foles will have 200 yds by the end of the 2nd" or "LeBron will have 3 setups to K-Love in the 1st 5 mins." really specific shit like that is a lot harder to engineer if youre worried about the integrity of the game being affected. and if players were somehow incentivized to fulfill these weird, specific parameters the games would become so chaotic that I'd say fairness would be restored just by virtue of everyone having such disparate goals. a given team winning would be incidental, not rigged, lol.

and then for the low-life sleazy gambler nothing's gonna change. if you're not a playboy (and thus can't get credit from a casino), bookies are still the only people around that will offer credit, and once this is all regulated and sanitized they're still going to have their market of people who otherwise couldn't gamble at the more reputable venues (which is still a sizeable chunk of people).

the angle i find more interesting is how this will change sports media. they've already had vegas "insiders" on places like ESPN explaining how lines are made or whether or not you should take the points and shit like that, but I think now gambling advice is gonna explode even more as a niche in the Sport Media Talking He…

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>Players will throw games

No pro player is gonna throw a game for money. They have enough. College could be a problem but probably not and here's why. They could be potentially throwing games/point shaving already in a unregulated illegal gambling bet. If its regulated we will know exactly whos placing bets and if the money can be followed we can see if the players benefit.

>>32401

Exactly. The players will be less likely to collude with more oversight. Any large bet placed is going to have a lot investigation just like when you pull out or deposit more than $10,000 at a bank.

People have been betting on sports since the gladiators. Making gambling illegal is fucking stupid and a crime against civilization. Just like making drugs illegal. FREEDOM!

DICKS EVERYWHERE

I fucking HATED him during his runs with Oakland/Tennessee/USC, but when he went to OC of Bama, and now coach of FIU (or is it FAU? can't be bothered to look it up) and faded into the background a bit, I now really appreciate him for his personality and honesty. Football coaches are so fucking protective and sterile that I've really started to miss the Steve Spurriers of the world. Kiffin is walking in his footsteps, so I've come around to being a fan of his.

https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2018/08/21/cleveland-browns-generating-most-bets-nfl

So is there really going to be a brown wave this year?

>>32455

Legitimate chance they compete for division title. Not saying they will or can even make the playoffs, but the team if full of talent and has a QB who makes few mistakes and a better roster than the one he took to the playoffs last year.

Looks like I autodrafted the right players lol. What a huge first game for me.