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Every year I hear about people filling out their brackets and I never thought to ask why they do it. I don't watch amateur sports so I don't know.
Do you win money if your bracket is correct or something, is it a form of gambling? If there's no money involved then why do you care?
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I think it has something to do with some sort of disease that happens every year, like a seasonal flu. Something that causes "madness"
My suggestion is to avoid meats and drink plenty of fluids
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ikkoikki posted:
is it a form of gambling?
That's the way to bet.
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That seems like a low-chance way to bet. What is the bet exactly, that you'll pick the final 4 correct? Why not just bet individual games? Seems like an easier way to win money.
Every year Americans get obsessed with these brackets and I never understood why. You never hear about people picking brackets for any other type of tournaments...
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ikkoikki posted:
That seems like a low-chance way to bet. What is the bet exactly, that you'll pick the final 4 correct? Why not just bet individual games? Seems like an easier way to win money.
Every year Americans get obsessed with these brackets and I never understood why. You never hear about people picking brackets for any other type of tournaments...
No other tournaments have the same history of underdog stories, randomness, and upsets.
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Post season baseball does
Which is by far the more superior sport
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the_great_ontex posted:
Post season baseball does
Which is by far the more superior sport
The Yankees have played in 40 and won 26 out of 108 world series played.
How is one team playing in almost 50% of a sports title games considered superior?
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Because the Yankees are AMAZING
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Yahoo does a 5 million dollar giveaway if you get all your picks right... so I keep trying and keep failing.
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