At 12-3-2006 06:26 PM, Clay Satow wrote:
>I've always thought that the real reason that some sports (mainly
>the NFL) are so anal about reporting injuries is gambling.
I am shocked - Shocked!, etc...
Does anybody remember the comic strip 'Tank McNamara'? (Does anybody
still get the comic strip 'Tank McNamara'?)* In the strip, Tank, an
ex-jock, worked for a TV network as a sports reporter. The network
was proposing giving viewers a new statistic, something like
performance against the point spread.
* Ah, yes, Google(tm) is our friend:
http://www.gocomics.com/tankmcnamara/
Joe
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