Is not a pretty sight. Our weekly mailing is a must read. It is almost that time of year, when a visit to the local newsstand finds us overwhelmed with football preview magazines. We re still weeks away from baseball s All Star Game, but lots of bettors are getting antsy about football. Several bet shops in Vegas and off shore have posted lines for the first week s NFL matchups, and already props and future bets have surfaced.
Every year seems to produce new annuals published by touts.
Some of these are nothing more than slick marketing vehicles for 900 services. We wouldn t mind that so much if the preview pubs just had some substance. But so many of them are written with multiple hedges, e.g., If the quarterback can throw fewer INTs, and the receivers stay injury-free, the offense might put up more points. Essentially, there are three types of preview annuals. There are those that target bettors and are generally produced by touts, or companies that accept a plethora of tout advertising.