I believe most do bet, Brent Musberger comes to mind right away. Boomer used to bet, and the Monday night crew usually bets. Also on Sunday it seemed the crew bet on Seattle.
Do Sports Announcers BET?
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I think it is pretty clear that Lee Corso does, or at a minimum knows exactly what the lines are.
One Thursday night game involving Miami this year in particular comes to mind.
One Thursday night game involving Miami this year in particular comes to mind.
Definitely not.
I heard that ABC requires both the game announcers and field reporters to complete an affidavit and take a weekly vow in front of an NFL tribunal to never to wager on any game.
Since the line is made available to everyone in the Western Hemisphere, ABC is now considering sequestering the announcing crew 3 hours prior to kickoff so that the announcers will remain unaware of line movement and will never know the exact closing line.
I heard that ABC requires both the game announcers and field reporters to complete an affidavit and take a weekly vow in front of an NFL tribunal to never to wager on any game.
Since the line is made available to everyone in the Western Hemisphere, ABC is now considering sequestering the announcing crew 3 hours prior to kickoff so that the announcers will remain unaware of line movement and will never know the exact closing line.
I believe the game you were referring to was the Miami Pitt game. Recall when Miami went up by a certain amount, or down, he said "Well a lot of people around the country will be happy to see that."
Of course they bet.
Of course they bet.
Al Micheals and the MNF crew even know the second half lines. If Lee Corso bets, I would like to book him because he always loses.
I remember seeing a show about Howard Cosell and the MNF crew of Cosell, Frank Gifford, and Don Meredith. They said that Don and Howard would get into it in the booth sometimes because they were on opposite sides of the game. One in particular came up where Meredith had the over, Cosell had the under, and the teams just flat out couldn't score that night. Meredith was having a hissy fit all night, ranting about how poor the offenses were and Howard was glorifying the defenses.
Personally, I think that ALL announcers should be required to bet large on the games they are working. This includes the sideline announcers as well. Then when they do those halftime interviews they could ask some meaningful questions:
'Coach, I have the over in this game and our viewers would like to know if you're going to throw the f*cking ball downfield sometime tonight or are you going to stick with running up the f*cking middle on third and ten?'
Ain't no doubt in my mind that Al Michaels had some cash on the over last night. I thought the was gonna jump outta the booth when they scored that late TD.
Lucky muhfugger
Skinar
[This message has been edited by Skinar (edited 12-11-2001).]
Personally, I think that ALL announcers should be required to bet large on the games they are working. This includes the sideline announcers as well. Then when they do those halftime interviews they could ask some meaningful questions:
'Coach, I have the over in this game and our viewers would like to know if you're going to throw the f*cking ball downfield sometime tonight or are you going to stick with running up the f*cking middle on third and ten?'
Ain't no doubt in my mind that Al Michaels had some cash on the over last night. I thought the was gonna jump outta the booth when they scored that late TD.
Lucky muhfugger
Skinar
[This message has been edited by Skinar (edited 12-11-2001).]
GREAT IDEA SKINAR!!!!
Imagine Eric Dickerson if he bet the game! First of all he'd probably bet both ways thinking there's no way he can lose, or if he bet the under and at halftime the game was on pace to go over.
ED: Coach your team is executing very well tonight why is that?
Coach: Cause we had a good week of practice and didn't turn the ball over in the red zone.
ED: Your in a no huddle mode, which is killing no clock, do you think you'll huddle in the 2nd half?
Coach: no way cause I know YOU BET THE UNDER, HA HA !!!!
Imagine Eric Dickerson if he bet the game! First of all he'd probably bet both ways thinking there's no way he can lose, or if he bet the under and at halftime the game was on pace to go over.
ED: Coach your team is executing very well tonight why is that?
Coach: Cause we had a good week of practice and didn't turn the ball over in the red zone.
ED: Your in a no huddle mode, which is killing no clock, do you think you'll huddle in the 2nd half?
Coach: no way cause I know YOU BET THE UNDER, HA HA !!!!
