I Want In

The end of the summer has a distinct feel.  Even though the season with the nicest weather is coming to an end there is an anticipation and excitement unlike any other time of year.  Back to school and football season.  We're probably conditioned to crave football.  Hockey doesn't interest me, soccer has never really caught on, baseball gets boring, and basketball is probably fixed.  Football is perfect, or the closest sport to being perfect.  Games are exciting and at conveniently scheduled times.  Football doesn't come soon enough and I always want more.  The rest of February after the Superbowl is cold and dark.  

However, there is one thing that is better than football.  How could you possibly make something that is nearly perfect even better?  Achieving perfection is not possible, it's not meant to be attained.  It is something to strive for.  Humans need to continually be improving.  But, the one thing that's better than football is gambling on football.  

It was with this excitement and enthusiasm that I used my contacts to find a suitable challenge for this football season.  I heard about a $500 per entry share pool.  Each entrant is given 20,000 shares to wager on any college of NFL point spread.  A buddy of mine told me to reference him and gave me the contact information for the pool organizer.  I'm not a rich man, so I called my friend, who we'll call Mr. Pig, in the hopes that he'd partner with me.  Mr. Pig loves gambling and can talk about it all day, so he is the perfect partner for the pool.  

I shot off an email, and an hour later, without ever laying eyes on me or hearing my voice, he welcomed me right in, via email.  Done and done.  This might be the best football season ever.  

I reckon that we have a pretty decent chance to win.  I'm sure there are other partnered up entries and it's an advantage because there's double the brainpower accumulating information.  As long as both partners agree on a general betting philosophy it will work.  Mr. Pig and I share the same sports gambling philosophy.  If we win we'll probably split at least $10,000.  Would you pay $250 for 5 months of excitement and entertainment?  I certainly would, so if we lose, we still win.