For crying out loud, sports betting is so huge iand t is not a distraction. Must of us can chew gum and walk at the same time.
Sports betting and throwing games has always been around. Except now, you will be seeing more pass interference at crucial points and more fumbling in the pile.
I think it was a playoff game involving the Saints. The back took the ball and ran through a seemingly solid wall of players. They kept showing a slow motion replay of the run; he did run through players but each defender extended their hands and kept them parallel to his body and he slipped on through. Anybody that has ever tackled a player knows you don’t keep your fingers outstretched, you grasped with closing fingers.
Last week the high school attended by a family member sent out an email warning that a number of kids at the school have recently gotten in trouble with online sports-betting, and that parents need to aware of situation, monitor kids’ spending etc.
Yes, sports betting has always been around. But it’s never been easier to do than it is now.
“Except now, you will be seeing more pass interference at crucial points”
just saw a 100% bogus roughing the passer call against va tech for a perfectly legal tackle on a cal tech 3rd down late in the 4th quarter ... it was obvious the refs were trying to tip the game to cal tech:
https://www.google.com/search?q=roughing+the+passer+virginia+tech
it’s been pretty obvious to me for quite some time that NFL games have been fixed: too many incomprehensible play calls by coaches and too many random penalties called and NOT called ...