The Bet

The FIFA World Cup 2010 is here, and with that comes the shifting of Loyalities from different EPL teams to following their heroes to their national teams[ mind you India doesn't have a football team which they could follow to a WC, or a player that could be followed in EPL!!! ;)]
but then what would a population of a billion+ cricket fans do in this period, we really cant ignore this whole mega event, and the few football supporters that we have they wont let us,. so we changes our strategy. Since most ppl[including myself] really not follow that much football, we "pick" our teams and follow them as as soon they are kicked out we "pick" another one. Mind you we pick teams according to our own personalities as well, a laid back, but talented person will support an equally laid back France, a meticulous organized guy will go for Germany,on with a Flair and a spirit will go for Brazil, etc etc ...
Even i follow this pattern almost every time, but ,oh yeah there is a but, other wise i wouldn't be writing this!!. This time around i decided to put some bets on these games, well that has certainly increased my interest in the WC, I analyze the team composition ,the strategies ,do my prematch "Googling" , make comparative charts of players and then come to completely contradictory conclusions!!! Again i have no choice other than to put my bet on the underdogs!!!

You wont believe how fun and satisfying this process of betting is!!!! It gives the feeling that you are rising to the challenge, fighting against odds[literally]..
alas not everyone thinks like that, and they frown upon great sports analysts ;)
But hey, don't we all do the same thing in our daily lives??? We gather info, analyze that ,reach a conclusion and then act accordingly, so whats the big deal if you put some fun factor into it, and mind you this stuff is way less risky than the decisions we take in our daily lives.

But who cares as long this is fun, not pulling to much money rather than bringing in ,it's okay to carry on.