Cash Considerations

The crew is back to talk what the NFL cancelling the HOF game means for the upcoming season... Is it time to start getting concerned about no football in the fall?  The NBA's plan for the bubble has Big Dave asking if you'd go to play and also what is the value of a championship for an abbreviated season?  Dave also continues his vendetta against soccer before explaining why he loves MLB's plan for extra innings and how he sees that becoming a permanent part of the game after this year.  The NHL is down to 5 cities to serve as Hubs for their season & the crew puts their money on what 2 come out as the victors.  Plus UFC & golf talk to close it out.

The Cash Considerations gang reconvenes to go over some of the more unusual things they've seen on the betting board since the Covid-19 pandemic hit & Mo makes an outrageous claim about golf betting that will forever be documented.  HB gallops through the Belmont Stakes analysis & the broadcasting information for Japanese baseball is requested.

The CC crew gets together to make the rounds on all the news of note in the sports betting world and gets into an interesting lottery discussion while AB has plans to confront a ghost of bad beats past.

The crew reunites with friend of the show KW to discuss his plays already down for the NFL season, how he approaches the futures markets, and how Covid-19 impacted how he's researching this NFL season.  KW also adds some nice insight into what differences there are in betting markets outside Las Vegas and engages the guys in an interesting discussion on how certain shops in town approach setting numbers.

Quick hits on the NBA's plan to resume their season & how it compares with the NHL's plan for theirs, MLB's issues in getting agreements in place to start the 2020 season, and the key fights for UFC 250.

The crew is joined by friend of the show, Jeff Davis (JYD), to talk the positives & negatives of the NHL's plan to return to action after the Covid-19 pandemic as well as MLB's handling of their own sports's return, which elicits JYD's proclamation that he hopes baseball doesn't come back.  The guys also discuss what stood out from The Match, the UFC's first card in Nevada since the pandemic, & what they expect to see when Vegas casinos are allowed to open back up next week. Lastly, the movie Uncut Gems has polarized gambling Twitter & the CC team offer up their own reviews, which stirs up some strong feelings on the show.

A raucous show full of rowdy friends link up to talk big money coming Dak Prescott's way & lines available on 4 starting QB situations for week 1 of the NFL season. Plus a conversation about the plans to return for the NBA & NHL as well as thoughts on a potential Jon Jones/Francis Ngannou fight in the UFC & favorite moments from "The Last Dance" blended with horrific memories of bad beats past.

The crew gets back to work with friend of the show Rich Zanco (Z-Man) to find some dark horses in the NFL MVP race and some interesting names make the list & Big Dave questions if Philip Rivers has a friendly enough disposition to even be considered in the race.  The UFC's busy week is discussed and the question after an action packed UFC 249 followed by a less than stellar UFC on ESPN+29 going into a even lesser card is if there's too many fights even as the rest of the sports world is still at a standstill?  Plus the Z-Man shows off his golf knowledge handicapping this week's Scottsdale Open as well as the charity match between the Tiger Woods/Peyton Manning team and Phil Mickelson/Tom Brady.  The conversation ends with the boys laughing it up about "The Last Dance" and Big Dave asks who would be the subject of your own personal Last Dance type documentary.

NFL week 1 lines were released this week & the crew discusses the challenge to booking games with no fans & also stressing the importance of getting a good number.  Plus a look at a very deep card for UFC 249 & if there's value on the underdogs in both title fights.

The crew reunites to talk about the newly released odds on NFL Coach of the Year and give some thoughts on individual player props for the upcoming season.  Plus reminiscing about the classic Jordan Era Bulls teams through "The Last Dance" and sparks the "What if?..." machine for if the Bulls had traded Scottie Pippen; lastly Mo has some thoughts on the rise in prominence for the G-League.

The crew links back up to react to the NFL Draft & share their early thoughts on plays for the upcoming NFL season.  The show closes out with the classic alternate universe game of, "What if?..." on LeBron getting drafted by the Grizzlies in 2003.  The crew explains how they think LeBron's career arc would've been impacted by this change.  Special guest appearance by Matt Lindeman.