As the Patriots walk away with their 4th Super Bowl Championship and the NFL wraps up another season, this also means the end of “sports gambling season” is drawing near. Sports gambling season? Yep, you heard right. With college and pro football out of the way, we have March Madness in a few weeks and then the NBA finals. After that, sports gambling season will go into hibernation until next September, more or less.
Now, this brings up a good point. Would golf see more gambling activity if it was a cold weather sport? As stupid as that sounds (obviously golf sucks in the cold weather) why do other warm weather sports like baseball see less action than football or basketball? I’m guessing it could be anything from the scoring system to the rules…who knows? It’s definitely not because the players are such morally upstanding athletes. I take that back, I shouldn’t let a few rotten apples spoil the bunch.
Maybe it’s just me but I see golf as an excellent sport to bet on. Hold on, let me set the record straight. I’m not telling anyone to gamble, this is just my opinion. That said, golf is ideal because it’s only one person, the scoring is double-digits and cheating is almost non-existent…as far as we know. And with websites like betfair, golf betting is also easily accessible (check out some of their unique videos featuring a ping pong-playing octopus here).
Again, I’m not saying to get on the phone with some guy named Vinny “the Ox” and bet the farm. I just find it rather odd that the cooler months seem to have more betting involved. During the warmer months, we’re too busy hacking up the local tracks that we forget about betting on sports…or maybe we’re still trying to pay off Mr. Ox before we need new knee caps.
Hit’em long…yell FORE!!!
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