Everything during transition and the first half-hour the show was discussed through the prism of gambling: The Bernstein-Parkins wager, the tournament is majestic "because of point spreads being blown up late in the game", bets made on various Tournament games, the Show Pot, etc.

This is like in the early days of Bernstein & Goff when people began checking their watch to see just how long B&G had been discussing LeBron. I get that these guys are gamblers, and talking about sports in that manner is of relative ease to them, but that is the same excuse people made for the early days of B&G, and that devolved very quickly.

I think a producer needs to step in before the outcome of last night's Cubs game is discussed not in terms of the team's performance, but the performance of the money line or 2nd-half run scoring.

I love the chemistry these guys have, and I will grant that Gambling Talk is more appealing in this town than National NBA Talk, but I don't think it's by as much as McNeil and Parkins would like it to be. And even if there are ten-fold the number of sports bettors out there in Chicagoland than there are National NBA consumers, how interesting and compelling can it be for gamblers to hear other gamblers talk about gambling?

Def needed its own thread.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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Yup.

Probably the only way they can keep Mac interested in Basketball.

Have the courts ruled on whether or not it's legal to talk about gambling?

Here we go. A week honeymoon period and now it's open season.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Well, he's right. There is too much gambling talk.

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It is getting to the point of annoyance. Still light years ahead of B & G

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Did they at least talk about this moron?

http://www.totalprosports.com/2018/03/1 ... en-him-26/

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Don't take it personally.

Yes, still absolutely better than B&G, that's no question. However, when EVERY-THING is discussed in terms of spread, favorite, odds, line, it gets rather annoying.

Every radio host has a crutch, with Dan and Jason it was the NBA, and with these two, it's obviously gambling. With their chemistry and approach, I have confidence they will be able to leave their respective crutches behind after not too long, with my only fear being that instead of their familiarity reducing the need to rely on the crutch of gambling, it will in fact amplify their desire to rely on same.

Yeah they did. Parkins called him an idiot but said he understood why he did it.

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Wow what a fucking asshole. How do you... I mean why would anyone... how could he have...
Aaargh!

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http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

I don't mind.
Beats talking about race and someone's goddamn kids all the time.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

Gambling talk is good, it's what interests us in sporting events that don't involve local teams

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

If I'm making the bet, sure, but I don't think there's entanglement in the rooting interest spurred by betting on sports.

I think it’s just coincidence they started during the tourney. It should die down until Football.

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If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

TALK MORE GAMBLING!!!!!

As an Edgewater resident, I would like some more LUC talk. Seemed today the focus was on Syracuse/Duke and a dumbass bet with Danny B

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Holy shit in a breadpan; what a maroon.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Great thread today.

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YUP

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Just wait until it's made legal tomorrow. JLN will have to clutch his pearls and switch to NPR.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

He’s always been like this. No surprise.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

The NBA is legal now, yet Bernstein & Goff talked about it too much. The same can and will be true of sports betting and the McNeil and Parkins Show, should PASPA be overturned.

Wait, JLN is anti-gambling? Seriously?

No, I simply think Mac and Parko have discussed sports gambling a bit too much for a sports-talk program intended for mass, or even just key demo, appeal.

Gambling talk > rape talk

no.

only like 5% of sporting events/games are worth watching/discussing. the other 95% are worth it b/c of gambling.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

Each year I find myself less and less interested in things like the NFL (Bears are an exception). Sports gambling keeps it interesting for me.

Bovada at a few dollars per pop makes things interesting

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