I don't get to watch much of any television, but, the more I have watched some sports television (and it's all over many sports websites!), I've seen the rise of something very disturbing:
The epidemic of "Daily Fantasy Sports" and BIG MONEY "Daily Fantasy Sports".
I don't think I need to explain what Draft Kings and Fan Duel and all those people are doing, and I do agree with those who believe that this is, in fact, gambling and what the leagues would call "skill-based gambling".
But we all know the stories like the person who said "150 yards and 15 points to my fantasy team, or you're dead!" to the guy who was injured and couldn't play in the game in the first damn place (whatever happened to that guy???)...
What really is disturbing to me is that multiple of these Daily Fantasy organizations are having million-dollar prizes (I think at least one is having a TWO MILLION DOLLAR prize!) for the first week of the NFL season!
Makes me wonder what someone might do if, say, they are in position to win the money and have to have someone from the *checks schedule* Philadelphia, Atlanta, Minnesota, or San Francisco teams do well to consummate it...
Oh boy....
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