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Originally Posted by pwnsall
stroud is +5000 on dk if anyone wants a punt, i put some more on him definitely not a sports betting guru but seems like good value
they'll have to make the playoffs for him to win obv
it's important to remember when dealing with these things that it's more important to understand the voters and what they vote on rather than who is objectively the best choice
ie a lot of squares saw messi, someone who decided to play in the mls this year and forego top euro competition as the favorite to win the ballon as laughable given that haaland had one of the best single seasons in the history of soccer and scored the most goals ever in a single season in the premier league and was the best player for the best club team in the world
so they loaded up and bought haaland futures, thinking they were going to clean up
but messi won, because messi won the world cup, haaland's country didn't even qualify for the world cup - in a world cup year, that's all the voters cared about - nothing else really mattered
i don't begin to pretend to understand how mvp voting occurs, but it's my strong reccomendation to review who got votes and why in recent years, knowing it's going to be the same pool of voters again this year using the same metrics and criteria
the entire reason why i wanted to bet brock purdy because a really sharp professional sports bettor mentioned it once or twice on twitter and that alone made me consider tailing and now heavily regret not doing so