Posted on 02/03/2020 9:06:21 AM PST by C19fan
The over/under on Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes' rushing yards in Super Bowl LIV was one of the most popular prop bets offered at sportsbooks around the nation, and it went down to the final possession.
Mahomes' over/under rushing yards opened as low as 27.5 and was bet up to as high 36.5. Mahomes had 44 yards entering Kansas City's final possession. With the Chiefs leading 31-20 and 57 seconds remaining, Mahomes kneeled on three straight plays, losing 15 yards. He finished with 29 yards rushing, a costly outcome for bettors.
"That was close to a six-figure swing [in favor of the house]," said Jeff Davis, director of trading for Caesars Sportsbook.
(Excerpt) Read more at espn.com ...
He kneeled in the VICTORY FORMATION, people. Relax!
Legal gambling will destroy sports further.
How do they verify the color of the gatorade? Do they always show it? I guess I haven’t paid attention, because I’m thinking they don’t.
I’m thinking the practice should at least be discouraged...George Allen Sr. said before he died that he hadn’t felt right since his team (Long Beach State) soaked him with ice cold gatorade.
“NFL is going to rue the day they started catering to organized gambling.”
The NFL has been catering to gambling since they instituted mandatory injury lists for each game. That started in 1947.
https://sports.stackexchange.com/questions/7264/why-does-the-nfl-enforce-injury-report-rules
“The injury report dates back to 1947, after a player unexpectedly did not play in a game, which ended up having significant impacts to wagering over the game. As such, the injury report serves the purpose of ensuring no funny business occurs related to injured players (not only that players who are expected to play do, and who are expected not to do not; but that all parties have equal knowledge, or at least as much as feasible. Otherwise insider information could give some parties a significant edge - not that the NFL directly cares about this, but they do care about their image not being tarnished by accusations of teams hiding information to alter the betting line.
As far as player safety, targeting an injured player is never legal. I doubt injury reports help in this manner; if a player is sufficiently injured such that additional hits may injure him further, it likely will become obvious to players on the field based on how he comports himself and how he reacts to hits.
The USA today piece linked above has more information on the subject and is quite thorough.”
USA TODAY article...
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2007-11-22-injury-report-cover_N.htm
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