Sportsbook villains are those teams that everyone loves to hate. There are always teams in sports book betting that people want to root against. Here is a look at some of the sportsbook villains.
Sportsbook villains exist in many sports. In baseball it is definitely the Yankees, in football it is oftentimes the Cowboys, in basketball it is the Lakers. As you get into college sports you have Notre Dame in football and Duke in basketball. Hockey is not as much a popular sport so we’ll leave that out of the sports book equation.
With all of these teams, you probably either love them, or hate them at the sportsbook. Did you know though that it is good for sportsbook wagering and good for sports overall when the villains have good teams? In baseball it is good if the Yankees are at the top of their division because then everyone can root against them. For college football fans, Notre Dame needs to be good. How many of us would watch and violently root against the Yankees if they were not any good. One of the reasons people dislike the powerful teams is that they win in online betting. We all like to cheer for the underdog at the sports book. Teams like the Lakers, Yankees, and Notre Dame give us that chance each week at the sportsbook.
We need the Yankees to do well for the good of baseball; we need Notre Dame to do well for the good of college football and we need Duke to do well in college hoops. It helps if the Cowboys are also good so we can cheer against them but NFL betting has a popularity that dwarfs the other sports so it is not quite as important for the Cowboys to win. Every sport needs its villains. You will probably either love them or hate them but that is part of sportsbook wagering and it is a good thing for sports in general. As we mentioned earlier, you probably either like these teams or you hate them. There is rarely a middle ground at the sportsbook. If you are a Yankees fan then you are definitely violently for them at the sportsbook. Most baseball sportsbook gamblers are against them.
The reality about sportsbook villains is that even though you hate them you still want them to be good. This way you get even more satisfaction when they lose against the sports book odds.