A “basketball pool” is a betting pool, often popular at work places. Someone will set up a betting pool, and the co-workers will each place their bets on who they think will win. Sometimes predictions of total points and/or point spreads are included. Those who bet win points based on how close their predictions are to the outcome. The person who has the most points at the end of the season wins the betting pool.
What’s the reward for the winner? Sometimes the betting pool is played for money, sometimes it’s played just for bragging rights, and sometimes a piece of sports memorabilia or equipment is the reward. (For example, the winner of a hockey pool might get a hockey puck.)
This would be a good spot to start a diatribe about the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association – makes the rules for all college-level sports in USA)and its record of hiding drug abuse, cow-towing to the large universities, and generally denying that college athletes are really pros and should be paid, but I won’t do that.
Well, I sorta did….
You might also mention that college sports are a HUGE money-making venture, where the ones with the talent (the athletes) are the only ones who don’t get paid.
Someone did a chart of the highest-paid state official in each state. In virtually all of them it was a university football coach. In most of the rest it was a university basketball coach. They get more than the governor, university dean, or any other state employee.
Not caring squat about the NCAA does save a lot of time, but it hasn’t done panel 4 to my face yet.
Collegiate athletes ARE paid, and well. They receive high standard medical care, free room, board, tuition, books, and tutoring services, and they have only two responsibilities: play sportsbawl and remain eligible for same.
Pretending they don’t get paid is ridiculous. Damn near anyone with tuition debt would swap places with them in moments. When I was a teacher, only two of us on the entire faculty had zero student loan debt; myself and the former NCAA track star turned nfl player. My college came from the military GI Bill and tuition assistance program. His from scholarships.
Actually, it’s the only time of year I AM interested in basketball. And even then only when it’s finally down to a few teams. Who’s got time to watch all that nonsense? Not me, I’m too busy gearing up for the NFL and college football.
And yes, this IS the perfect time to start a rant about the athletes that generate the bajillion’s of dollars for Universities at athletic contests are the only one’s who don’t get paid, but then again, those that are there on scholarship ARE getting a free education…well, except for the ones that skate by BECAUSE they’re athletes on a scholarshp…but this is probably not the best FORUM for such a rant.
Ow, my head hurts. I’m gonna go console myself by eating a girl scout cookie out of my horde of them in the pantry.
Glad to see I’m not alone.
black hole…. wow. that IS apathey
The black hole would suck in the face paint.
But this describes me perfectly. I even went to a school that won the championship one year I was there. Big frickin’ whoop-tee-do.
So, what *is* a basketball pool? I’ve heard of basketball and I’ve seen pools, but I somehow doubt you’re talking about a pool full of basketballs.
That would make it water polo, wouldn’t it?
A “basketball pool” is a betting pool, often popular at work places. Someone will set up a betting pool, and the co-workers will each place their bets on who they think will win. Sometimes predictions of total points and/or point spreads are included. Those who bet win points based on how close their predictions are to the outcome. The person who has the most points at the end of the season wins the betting pool.
What’s the reward for the winner? Sometimes the betting pool is played for money, sometimes it’s played just for bragging rights, and sometimes a piece of sports memorabilia or equipment is the reward. (For example, the winner of a hockey pool might get a hockey puck.)
“I don’t wanna look silly.” I laughed out loud. 😀
If apathy towards sports had that effect, my head could be the center of a galaxy!
I love sports, but not a huge fan of doing basketball pools, or saunas for that matter.
This would be a good spot to start a diatribe about the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association – makes the rules for all college-level sports in USA)and its record of hiding drug abuse, cow-towing to the large universities, and generally denying that college athletes are really pros and should be paid, but I won’t do that.
Well, I sorta did….
You might also mention that college sports are a HUGE money-making venture, where the ones with the talent (the athletes) are the only ones who don’t get paid.
Or, you might not. But you sorts did.
So, that’s what NCAA stands for.
I’d seen it on clothes in the store and what, but never bothered to look up what it was.
Figured it had something to do with North Carolina.
North Carolina Automobile Association.
It’s the state level affiliate of AAA.
Someone did a chart of the highest-paid state official in each state. In virtually all of them it was a university football coach. In most of the rest it was a university basketball coach. They get more than the governor, university dean, or any other state employee.
Not caring squat about the NCAA does save a lot of time, but it hasn’t done panel 4 to my face yet.
Collegiate athletes ARE paid, and well. They receive high standard medical care, free room, board, tuition, books, and tutoring services, and they have only two responsibilities: play sportsbawl and remain eligible for same.
Pretending they don’t get paid is ridiculous. Damn near anyone with tuition debt would swap places with them in moments. When I was a teacher, only two of us on the entire faculty had zero student loan debt; myself and the former NCAA track star turned nfl player. My college came from the military GI Bill and tuition assistance program. His from scholarships.
Black-hole bug looks very attractive.
Actually, it’s the only time of year I AM interested in basketball. And even then only when it’s finally down to a few teams. Who’s got time to watch all that nonsense? Not me, I’m too busy gearing up for the NFL and college football.
And yes, this IS the perfect time to start a rant about the athletes that generate the bajillion’s of dollars for Universities at athletic contests are the only one’s who don’t get paid, but then again, those that are there on scholarship ARE getting a free education…well, except for the ones that skate by BECAUSE they’re athletes on a scholarshp…but this is probably not the best FORUM for such a rant.
Ow, my head hurts. I’m gonna go console myself by eating a girl scout cookie out of my horde of them in the pantry.
What are those objects floating around them in panel 3? Are they scraps of paper?
And a hat.
Great, now I have the lyrics to Black Hole Sun stuck in my head.
Black Hole Bug, Black Hole Bug.
Why don”t you come and wash away the fun.
I was partway through filling out my “March Madness Bracket” for the office before somebody told me what sport it was for.