Bad
referee calls? They have always existed; they are part of the game as
much as a touchdown is part of football. Being a referee is not an easy
job
because the pressure is enormous: The cameras, the press, the fans,
players who are twice your size and are mad...you name it. Under those
circumstances you are prone to make mistakes. It´s easy to trash talk a
referee from the stool of a sports bar or from
your comfy living room couch, but for 99% of us we have to admit that
if we were in the referee´s shoes we would do a dismal job.
But
there are bad calls that make it to the sports history books. The
infamous call that resulted in the controversial win of the Seahawks
over the
Packers last Monday probably made it to the top 10 worst calls in
football. Everybody was understandably mad about the whole issue. It was
obvious that the replacement referee didn´t know the rules. The TV
presenters keep replaying the video over and over
and everyone who is famous gave his opinion. But for the linemakers the
perspective was different. Seattle was an underdog and this bad call
represented an opportunity for easy cash that many books, including the
most respected ones in Las Vegas, didn´t hesitate
to take.
The trading management at
Global.Sportsbook.com
took a different path and sided with the bettors who felt wronged and
decided to refund all losing spread wagers at the sametime that paid
that game´s winning wagers. The
Sportsbook.com Trading Director Russ Candler said: “I couldn’t
believe what I was seeing; the whole world was laughing at the on field
decision. The punters got mugged – I can’t stand winning unfairly so I
am going to give the punters their money back.
It’s the right thing to do.”
This
decision surprised many, including a Canadian football fan who tweeted
about it and generated a viral response that eventually attracted
the attention of the New
York Times ,
CBS
Sports ,
The
Bleacher Report and many other news outlets.
I
can assure that it´s not nice for any company to make a hard decision
about losing profit. Sportsbooks are businesses like any other. They
have to
pay bills and they´re online to make money, but it looks like doing the
right thing, even if it involves losing money, is very good for
business. I guess the old Twain´s 19th century quote still applies today and you can even apply it to sports
betting: Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
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Bad
referee calls? They have always existed; they are part of the game as
much as a touchdown is part of football. Being a referee is not an easy
job
because the pressure is enormous: The cameras, the press, the fans,
players who are twice your size and are mad...you name it. Under those
circumstances you are prone to make mistakes. It´s easy to trash talk a
referee from the stool of a sports bar or from
your comfy living room couch, but for 99% of us we have to admit that
if we were in the referee´s shoes we would do a dismal job.
But
there are bad calls that make it to the sports history books. The
infamous call that resulted in the controversial win of the Seahawks
over the
Packers last Monday probably made it to the top 10 worst calls in
football. Everybody was understandably mad about the whole issue. It was
obvious that the replacement referee didn´t know the rules. The TV
presenters keep replaying the video over and over
and everyone who is famous gave his opinion. But for the linemakers the
perspective was different. Seattle was an underdog and this bad call
represented an opportunity for easy cash that many books, including the
most respected ones in Las Vegas, didn´t hesitate
to take.
The trading management at
Global.Sportsbook.com
took a different path and sided with the bettors who felt wronged and
decided to refund all losing spread wagers at the sametime that paid
that game´s winning wagers. The
Sportsbook.com Trading Director Russ Candler said: “I couldn’t
believe what I was seeing; the whole world was laughing at the on field
decision. The punters got mugged – I can’t stand winning unfairly so I
am going to give the punters their money back.
It’s the right thing to do.”
This
decision surprised many, including a Canadian football fan who tweeted
about it and generated a viral response that eventually attracted
the attention of the New
York Times ,
CBS
Sports ,
The
Bleacher Report and many other news outlets.
I
can assure that it´s not nice for any company to make a hard decision
about losing profit. Sportsbooks are businesses like any other. They
have to
pay bills and they´re online to make money, but it looks like doing the
right thing, even if it involves losing money, is very good for
business. I guess the old Twain´s 19th century quote still applies today and you can even apply it to sports
betting: Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
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