They don't at Ceasars Palace.
As I feared.
Really, this is about as stinging an indictment of the sport as any hatchet job in
Sports Illustrated. Sports bettors are some of the most degenerate gamblers in the world. They'll wager on
anything. If even they don't care who wins the Olympia, it's safe to say that - as far as the "real world" is concerned -
no one cares.
[And as long as I'm bitching about SI, WTF were they thinking putting that no-talent cooze on the cover of the Swimsuit Issue? I've bought every one for the last 22 years, despite its ever-decreasing quality, but this year I boycott.]