College Betting

Passion is a defining human feeling, and in few places can this be witnessed in more purity then in a group of people betting on football.

Passion is the driving force that has helped accomplish almost every major milestone through the evolution of human society. However, passion in modern life has run a historical low. Most people have achieved a level of stability and efficiency that has all but vanished most of the excitement and passion in life.

In the past, humans would have to struggle to survive everyday life. This created for passionate lifestyles, since each day held an uncertain fate. In modern life, this is not the case. Apart from the passion of child rearing and romantic relationships, your average modern person lives a life define by routine.

Of course, people can’t live without passion, and hobbies have had a tendency to become a central part to a person’s identity. Football, both college and pro, have become the focus of passion for millions of Americans. Over 40% of football fans regularly bet over $100 per season.

This has created a multibillion dollar industry, with suppliers ranging from licensed, publically traded Vegas books to petty street corner bookies. So, what is it that drives these fans? Is it the football, or the betting that really provides the “rush” they feel. While the answer probably lies on a middle ground between these two, it is worth going over each side of the coin.

College betting has boomed during the 20th century, but it has only been riding the tail of the boom in popularity of college sports. So while betting has become exponentially more popular and socially accepted, this has only been a consequence of another boom.

However, could betting boom help fuel the popularity of college sports? I believe so. In a recent survey, people who are college betting fans, on average view over 1,000% more games than non-betting fans. This is so much so, that people who gamble watch up to 19 games per week, as opposed to non-gamblers who view up to 9.

So it is safe to say that the passion for college betting has been fuelled by the passion for college sports, the opposite is also true. A paradigm; just like life.

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