Thread by @SportsbkConsig

Story time from the book:

So, every week I do shows talking about sports and betting. Line moves, breakdowns, trends & stats. Talk about all sports except soccer.

I just don’t know enough about soccer to do so.

This week, if you haven’t heard, there is a pretty big election..

that a lot of people are interested in..

If there was betting on the election, handle would be enormous..

Everyone has opinion and you don’t need to know anything about soccer, or anything else, to bet it..

But, like I do when I don’t know enough about something, I seek out..

information..in today’s world, that is easier than ever to do..

Who do you trust? Where do you go? What do you read? Who do you listen to?

All subjective answers, and there is no right or wrong (kind of like my Halloween Candy rankings, but you Reese’s people are passionate)...

In sports betting, as in life, sometimes you get all the right information, make the right bet, and don’t get the right result..

Good numbers lose & bad numbers win..ask all the guys who had Cowboys +10.5 or Jets +21 this week..

The point is to seek out good information and...

make informed decisions..

And listen..

Listen to the noise as well as the scholars..

Everyone “hears” it but are you “listening?”

And, you don’t have to agree..and, when you don’t, have a discussion about it..

Hear both sides and make a decision..

I have three daughters..

and I am a softball coach for 12 others..I am around young people all the time..

I learn as much or more from them as they learn from me, and I treasure those lessons every day..

Today, I wanted to share this one with you regarding the election..

Six year old Consig has been..

in first grade from home everyday this school year..

Its been a challenge to say the least, but she has adapted. God bless all the teachers trying to make this work.

I ask her daily what she learned..

Friday, her answer was “we are learning about communities. There are...

rural, urban and suburban.” Smart kid. We discussed it all weekend.

Since she could start talking, she has told me who is going to win the game. Whatever game is on, she tells me.

Part of the family business is watching games and knowing who is going to win...

But..

a big part of knowing that is having a discussion. You come at me with something, you better back it up.

And if you think I’m tough, wait til you have to sell Mrs Consig..

Back to the six year old..

I ask her today, “what do you think about the election tomorrow?”

Brief pause..

She looks me dead in the eye..

“We talked about it today in class.”

And?

“A boy said if Biden wins, there is going to be a Civil War. And if Trump wins, you can hang out with black people.”

Oh..so, what do you think?

“Why does it matter what color someone’s...

skin is and who wins? I play Roblox with everybody and I don’t care what color their skin is..

Another pause..I wait..

“The best player wins in Roblox.. that’s who should win to be President”

Six years old and teaching..

I asked “anything else?”

She paused again..

“They are both old. Like even older than you. It’s like Pap Pap being President.”

I go “Is that good or bad?“

She goes “oh, hell no, Pap Pap is crazy.”

From the mouth of babes..