Gamblin…Smoke and Fire

[CyFanInChiLand]

Don't compare a meaningless sport to the one that pays the bills.

Meaningless? That's America's past time!

And while I'm sure Iowa isn't running in the black for baseball that's not the case for some programs (SEC teams mostly). Let us not forget the football team wasn't always paying the bills for us historically.

 

[huntt26]

So.. should we bet the under for win total then?

 

[clonedude]

So.. should we bet the under for win total then?

Yes. Should have bet the under anyway…. before we knew anything about this.

 

[BCClone]

Meaningless? That's America's past time!

And while I'm sure Iowa isn't running in the black for baseball that's not the case for some programs (SEC teams mostly). Let us not forget the football team wasn't always paying the bills for us historically.

Ask most Americans now and I don’t think baseball would come out on top of sports. Football has paid the bills for 60 years or more.

 

[Cyclonsin]

Meaningless? That's America's past time!

And while I'm sure Iowa isn't running in the black for baseball that's not the case for some programs (SEC teams mostly). Let us not forget the football team wasn't always paying the bills for us historically.

College baseball might as well not exist north of the Mason-Dixon. It's purely a Southern sport from almost every aspect. That's what you get when there's a chance for snow during a huge percentage of the season.

 

[Saul_T]

Steve McFadden can.

This joke works on many levels.

 

[fsanford]

College baseball might as well not exist north of the Mason-Dixon. It's purely a Southern sport from almost every aspect. That's what you get when there's a chance for snow during a huge percentage of the season.

Oregon State won the title a few seasons ago.
They are top 10 this year, UConn is top 10.

I mean you could say the same about football it is dominated by southern or warmer weather teams at a collegiate level.

Fact is warmer weather states tend to have all the advantages when it comes to outdoor sports.

 

[CyFanInChiLand]

Ask most Americans now and I don’t think baseball would come out on top of sports. Football has paid the bills for 60 years or more.

Football has not paid the bills here for 60 years.

 

[Al_4_State]

Football has not paid the bills here for 60 years.

What in the actual **** are you talking about?

 

[RustShack]

So.. should we bet the under for win total then?

JJ Kohl says take the over.

Well, if I were him I’d say that.

 

[Clonehomer]

Football has not paid the bills here for 60 years.

Well, not all the bills for that time period. But more bills than any other sport has paid.

 

[FLYINGCYCLONE]

ON3 has an article on this. IF, they are correct, there will be more schools joining Iowa and Iowa State. The NCAA had a survey done that questioned about 3500 student athletes. Over 40% have made some kind of a bet. Over 60% have seen adds about betting on sports. Who is next?

 

[exCYtable]

TBH I'm more excited to see what Kohl or Rocco can do than I would have been for Dekkers

 

[ClonerJams]

ON3 has an article on this. IF, they are correct, there will be more schools joining Iowa and Iowa State. The NCAA had a survey done that questioned about 3500 student athletes. Over 40% have made some kind of a bet. Over 60% have seen adds about betting on sports. Who is next?

Of course its happening everywhere else. The question is if the gaming commission in those states will report it publically. It would be pretty ****** up if it only was reported by the gaming commission in Iowa.

 

[madguy30]

My neighbor has 40 records in the Iowa Courts online database, anyone beat that?

This a challenge for the weekend?

 

[madguy30]

Meaningless? That's America's past time!

And while I'm sure Iowa isn't running in the black for baseball that's not the case for some programs (SEC teams mostly). Let us not forget the football team wasn't always paying the bills for us historically.

Well ISU HAS a football team so...

 

[CycloneDaddy]

This a challenge for the weekend?

Ready

Set

Goooooo

 

[CapnCy]

I thought Jon Miller's take was straightforward and fair on the latest IowaEverywhere pod...worth a listen.

It seems as I hear all the takes from people on this topic, it ranges from "outdated laws", bias if they like to bet, and of course "college athletes know the rules" and then folks apply any other bias/opinion to match their argument.

 

[hurdleisu24]

Of course its happening everywhere else. The question is if the gaming commission in those states will report it publically. It would be pretty ****** up if it only was reported by the gaming commission in Iowa.

It is only a concern of states if the student-athletes are breaking any legalities. Gambling is legal at 18 in many of the states. If what has been rumored is correct (underage betting, using another's ID) those would not have happened if gambling was legal at 18 in Iowa.

With that being said, yes, many student athletes are illegally gambling per the NCAA while being legal gamblers through their states.

 

[Pat]

I thought Jon Miller's take was straightforward and fair on the latest IowaEverywhere pod...worth a listen.

It seems as I hear all the takes from people on this topic, it ranges from "outdated laws", bias if they like to bet, and of course "college athletes know the rules" and then folks apply any other bias/opinion to match their argument.

One of the few things where I find myself agreeing with Miller. The only caveat I will add is that this feels an awful lot like selective enforcement. If athletes in Iowa are going to lose games/careers, this needs to happen everywhere else, too.