Monday, October 31, 2011

Bill Barnwell Bothers Me

(NOTE: I wrote the following email to Grantland last week and shared it with a few friends, as well. They so delighted in it that I thought it apt to share with the public at-large.)

I'm sure Bill Barnwell is a fine and very intelligent individual. It's clear that he knows a great deal about football and has a solid understanding of statistics.

However, he appears to know very little about gambling and continues to make elementary mistakes while providing the public at-large with horrible advice.

Allow me to count the ways in his article from last Wednesday, Oct. 26: http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/7807/the-hedge-the-tease-and-the-life-of-the-nfl-bettor: