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Originally Posted by 3kings
Phil, I'm always interested in hearing another perspective.
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Whether the NFL acknowledges it publicly or not, these games have a TON OF MONEY riding on them. A good MNF matchup can get $250 million in action worldwide from estimates I've been told- 1st week of the season, hyped game, probably even more. This game had a TON of general money on the Jets- yet the line continued to drop. Additionally, the big bettors surely got their middles lined up at Ravens +3, and bought it back at game time at around PK. So what happens if the Jets drive down and kick a FG to win by 2? Basically EVERYBODY WINS and the bookies get absolutely drowned. Now, would you think this would actually be allowed to happen? Of course not! Hell, one time Vegas literally pulled the plug on a game they would have lost roughly $10 million on (Wisconsin-UNLV, look it up.) Everybody can be bought for the right price.