And since the NFL officially banned point spreads from the pre-game shows for years, the "SportsCenter" ESPN used to run at 11:30 a.m. ET before "Game Day" had one main purpose: Showing the point spreads.
Mark Jeffries [email protected] On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 1:12 AM Steve Timko <[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. > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 7:34 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I remember that both Sunday Morning NFL pregame shows what make point >> spread predictions. Not sure that was a scandal as much as a hypocrisy, as >> the NFL pretended it had nothing to do with gambling. They did eventually >> stop doing that, I think because the hypocrisy got to be too much. >> >> The scandal with Snyder was his racist comments. >> >> On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 at 6:34 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I remember when it was a scandal that Jimmy The Greek talked about odds >>> and points. CBS stopped giving them for awhile. >>> >>> >>> >>> https://apnews.com/article/nfl-football-united-states-sports-betting-e1d99210dd2280374404d6bb27152165 >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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/CAH5J8yzpUVVWqLMOoXfcub4BLwOfO%2Bujak-amjLxCYmFqLuT%2BQ%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yzpUVVWqLMOoXfcub4BLwOfO%2Bujak-amjLxCYmFqLuT%2BQ%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/CAKGtkYJfpGR5DYUEbkXFq5XEvMk0gRrir8qj2Y%2BYLS2XO-p3CQ%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJfpGR5DYUEbkXFq5XEvMk0gRrir8qj2Y%2BYLS2XO-p3CQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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/CAH5J8yyuzVEa6kFYkwV00tVf52R65R_uD4KcpehEcayN%2BPGMXw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yyuzVEa6kFYkwV00tVf52R65R_uD4KcpehEcayN%2BPGMXw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAJ_uKi9FcCwg%3Dx3-55RNf_58fu4fQDQ6QMf%3DULb3jcx7F%2BVmqw%40mail.gmail.com.
