More than one punt in modern footy
Posted by glennontour on 28th April 2010
I haven’t lived in Melbourne for a few years now, but still love getting back home and catching the odd game. Having spent years overseas watching football (soccer) and now living in a rugby state, I can still safely say that footy, the Australian variety, is clearly the greatest of them all. But there is one thing about footy that I noticed this weekend whilst in the world’s sporting capital that worried me even more than the abysmal showing put on by my beloved Bombers .
What concerns me was the level of promotion of betting on football that currently takes place. It is far more pervasive in AFL than I remember it being on European football and I think it is even more pervasive than it is in League. I reckon this has to a phenomenon of the past two or so years. On Sunday afternoon at the MCG, I didn’t need to know that Essendon had blown out from $3.25 for the win at the start of the game to $17 at quarter time to know they were in trouble: the scoreboard used to be enough for me to know that we are a long shot from that position. It seemed by three quarter time even the bookies had shut up shop on Essendon, no odds were posted. Read the rest of this entry »
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