Fuck you, Toronto.

Just fuck you.

>>32093
Damn, what a comeback by San Jose

>>32752
So sweet. Get in line, Vegas. You don't deserve a team, much less a good one.

>>32743
Dudley is a goon and I get him trying to goad Embiid into getting himself ejected. I don't know how the refs let Russell get away with pushing a ref into Simmons though...

DICKS EVERYWHERE

>>32751
That wave that he did after the shot was gold, looks like the SuperSonics are still haunting the Thunder.

>>32703
What are you, a Bruins fan?

>>32703 I'm thinking about being a kings fan, since i like the niners, and lakers.

>>32727

That's the logical choice.

>>32716
Yep. I wonder if Vince McMahon will buy them out out of spite just to stick it to Charlie Ebersol.

>>32717
https://www.cbssports.com/aaf/news/aaf-operations-reportedly-suspended-leagues-future-in-doubt-after-eight-games-of-first-season/

Actually it sounds like the new league owner is just a complete psychopath idiot that is holding the league hostage by suspending operations even though the league isn't insolvent. Here's hoping some can wrest control from this asshole so that they can finish the season.

Fuck the AAF, honestly.

>>32684
And like clockwork there it is, lol

Checked out the standings for the first time this season and the AL East is backwards as fuck. I didn't know the Orioles got Lou Brown to replace Showalter.

>>32715
Eh, it's 4 games into a 162 game season, nothing means anything at this point.

I really hope the Cubs continue to suck so that Maddon gets fire in-season, though. And I say that as a lifelong Cubs fan. Maddon sucks copious amounts of dick. Dusty deserved to bring a World Series to Chicago, instead the team won in spite of Maddon's harebrained schemes and bipolar confidence-wrecking decisions.

I also hope the White Sox finally turn a corner this year. I really like Rick Renteria but none of their prospects panning out over the past couple of years was really concerning. It kind of, sort of seem like Moncada finally figured things out, but again we're only a week into the season so nothing means anything yet. Hopefully a light turns on for Tim Anderson as well and Eloy Jimenez rakes like everyone says he should.

>>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.

/sport/ finally has its own logo. Guess it makes sense it's a soccer ball since it's the most popular sport in the world.

>>32696

>higgs spreading false truths

we all know the most popular sport is competitive chess

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.