How about the traffic??? I went to visit my brother in Austin in September of 2024. It was really hot and the traffic was very very heavy everywhere we went. I'm from Missouri and we can also get heavy traffic on some of the highways but nothing close to what what Austin and San Antonio get. I was also shocked to see the amount of homeless people in San Antonio.
The thought that there was even a chance she could have been elected president sends shivers down my spine. I will say right after the Democratic Convention I thought she was going to win. But the more she cackled and said nothing she started the downward slide.
I am waiting for a scandal to unfold in the MLB. The MLB was able to bury the Ohtani scandal as they found easy scapegoats in poor record keeping and an interpreter.
The NFL has been rigged for years; first against the Patriots, the league tried everything they could to derail the 20 year/6 Super Bowl wins dynasty, going so far as suspending Brady for 4 games not for being guilty of anything, but being "generally aware" that footballs were deflated, now it's been rigged for Mahomes, anyone who thinks any team in the AFC has a shot to get to the Super Bowl other than the Chefs is kidding himself, the way is being paved for a Chefs win/Kelce retires and rides off into the sunset with his fleabrained fiancé and Mahomes gets reestablished as the face of the NFL and he's the new GOAT.
As I understand it, you can bet on about just everything that happens in a game. So the players can ensure that they don't score a certain number of points to win bets. The refs are the biggest vulnerability since they get paid less and have less to risk. Holding or PI can be called on just about any play in college or pro football. Just drop the flag at the right moment and the outcome is changed. That already happens in most conferences to keep the playoff teams in contention.
The players and umpires probably have their brothers or other family members place the bets. I have no faith in the integrity of the game.
The best part of this is ESPN desperately trying to bury this story amongst a garbage NFL Thursday night game.
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There is so much money involved in sports gambling - directly or indirectly - that the corruption runs deep. And the Portland coach was making $24 million per year. You have to wonder why he would bother with gambling. It can't be about money.
Yes, I have a problem I am a White Sox fan
This is just saying the obvious, but that's why we were so concerned in previous generations, to ban gambling on professional sports, to keep them as free of gambling as possible. It's more a sign of a decline in our society that we've just accepted sports gambling so readily. We go for the immediate high, the excitement, and don't think about any long-term effects. Human nature doesn't change.
