At one point they would give the actual spread and talk about whether a team would cover. Then they just started giving predicted final scores of the game, while stating the spread, but give winks and nods about it. Then they just started predicting who would win, partly from pressure from moralizers, partly because the NFL is conflicted about gambling, which drives interest but risks credibility. More recently they have become less squeamish. Fantasy football was once seen as a way to drive similar interest without gambling, but then that became gambling too, and now we have a franchise in Vegas, which at one time would have been unthinkable.
I suppose their were people who were scandalized by Snyder, but I would not say his predictions were a scandal per se. He became a scandal, and was fired, for saying that slavery resulted in the biological superiority of Black athletes, and that “the Blacks have everything, coaching is all that’s left for the White man” (quote approximate). On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 at 2:56 AM JW <[email protected]> wrote: > > The networks faced criticism for discussing the point spreads and the > odds. > > Living in Nevada, I was aware of a lot of the discussion. > > CBS stopped it for a few years after it fired Jimmy the Greek, but > brought > > it back. > > Wasn't it set up where the Greek would put checkmarks in one team's column > or the other in such a way that the viewer could figure out how many points > his choice was supposed to win by? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKSNnOEkRqRoYbEvA-BoUbPmBmiL0Uec4H_wajpcX_dj72kZAg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKSNnOEkRqRoYbEvA-BoUbPmBmiL0Uec4H_wajpcX_dj72kZAg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYK8zQ%2Bp0fNzMNcRY2ofErmSBTsiq5NDGe%2BmwY1bQksq7Q%40mail.gmail.com.
