Topic: Would you bet against the club you support? (Read 1255 times)

Bet against your team to show you're not a blind sheep, not for money. Everyone has prejudices, but real players can stand back and see the big picture. Sometimes betting against your team is the most loyal thing you can do. Not betraying them, but using your mind, not your heart. A calculated risk, a game within a game. "Don't put all your eggs in one basket". That's betting against your team. You diversify your financial and emotional portfolios. Life is involved, not just sports betting. Knowing when to commit and when to fold. Make sensible choices, even if they seem paradoxical

Sports betting most times isn't about the team you support, if you always try to be sentimental about your favorite club and you gamble either actively or passively, I advise you to just quit gambling. You must always ask your self some questions before betting on a team even if that's your favorite club. Football has a lot of uncertain outcomes that no one can fully understand. I would bet against the club I support if I notice that they are not in a better form, this doesn't make me unloyal to my club, I'm just being logical.

Good thinking. Do that and you will probably get a good profit out of the club that you are supporting. It's not like we are traitors by doing that, the support is still there as a fan of them but we cannot keep on losing money on betting for them forcefully just because we love them.
It's true, it's better if you know your own team and if we realize that they are going to lose against their opponent then we should just keep it real and bet for the other team.
Also, we can still watch their game and cheer for them but we have to be ready with the results because that's how we predicted it.

You are right and I support your opinion. There is no reason to place a bet on the team who is your favorite. To place bet we should not fall on any type of emotion hence we should avoid emotion and bet for those teams whose winning chance is higher and in this way we may make money. If always we bet on the favorite team emotionally then there is a high risk of being a loser.

Oh no, there is no way I can accept betting against my favorite club. Favorite means no matter how much it is possible to go against, I can't bet against my favorite club in any way so far. Be it a player or a supporter or someone in team management because he works for a club, it seems strangely counterintuitive for him to bet against that club. I'm not a player or a team management person but as a supporter I still can't bet against my favorite club Real Madrid till date.

After I've lost a bunch of money for betting on my favorite club, I told myself there's no reason to bet based on emotion and liking after all.

As a fan of this club I had knowledge of who was injured and if they players had bad relations with their coach. So I realized that this was my actual advantage. After realizing that betting against my fav club could earn me more money every so often I felt more freed and had my wallet fuller also.

Utilize knowledge when playing and put aside emotions. If you know a lot about a club sometimes it's best to bet against it too. They aren't losing just from your bet anyway.

We all have to decide on ourselves and the team to follow. So, whether a player chooses his best team or not, that's his decisions. But, what matters is being able to follow our instincts. Because as a gambler when we lose out on a team that we never wanted to bet on, yet, had to, due to our interest on the club, sadness would erupt on our mind. Gamblers actually need to choose what's on their thoughts not a team. Not to regret after losing out on the game. However, why players would feel bad for staking against their club, is because they lose out on the game. But, if the game gets in right, the player would probably be happy. The whole thing falls on winning not the team or club. 

The club/team you support might be for various reasons it might be for a player or anything. The team/club is your favorite doesn't mean the team/club will be a winner. The bet stands for the winning team on the other side favorite team/club might be the winner or loser. So, there is no obstacle to placing a bet against the favorite team/club.

We are free to do that and dont even think that someone would really be having the rights or power for them to control you on whom you would really be making that bet into. You are the ones who had been wary into the conditions in between teams on which it would really be that impossible that you cant really be able to point out on whose at advantage and whose really that on disadvantage. So it would really be something situational but it would really be just that common sense on whom you would really be betting into. Sometimes being that a die hard fan would really be resulting on betting into them despite of the disadvantage.You are the ones who would really be making up some choice and not other people. Betting against on which you do know that has the upperhand would really be just that bringing out
that kind of regret on which you might be ending up on punching up the wall. 

Looking at the experience you have described above where you felt something unusual because you bet against your favorite team even though on the other hand you won by placing a bet on the opposing team, maybe I can draw a slight conclusion that in this case it just depends on comfort. a gambler, simply put, if for example you feel uncomfortable with the decision you have taken by being on the opposing side to bet (even though you managed to get a profit in the form of money) then it is better to change your plans in the next session.

This means that there are several choices that you can take, you cannot lie to yourself that you are a true fan of your club, the choice is that you can still bet but by supporting your favorite team even though for example your favorite team is statistically weaker than the opposing team. , meaning there is a big possibility that you will lose money, but that won't be a problem if you only risk small amounts and dedicate yourself to focusing more on entertainment rather than chasing wins. The second option is that you can support your favorite team but not while betting, or that means you only support them without involving any money at stake. I think these two options are the best because they lead to prevention in terms of losing significant amounts of money and psychological turmoil, but there are still other options you can choose, and it seems you have chosen the second point here.

We can root for different teams, and sometimes it happens that these teams can play among themselves, and if we want to place a bet, we will evaluate which of them is stronger now. Or you can just watch a good game without betting if you have some beliefs, that do not allow you to bet against a certain team.

For example, it’s difficult for me to bet against City, or against Real Madrid, but not because I like these teams so much, but because I’m scared to bet against them. But when they play a match between themselves, it is difficult for me to determine the winner, but if I want to place a bet, I will need to choose someone.

Well, I've always been of the opinion that I will gladly bet against my favorite club when and if money calls, but maybe it's kind of easy for me because I am not obsessed with this whole football fan or favorite club thing.

For example, I love Arsenal and for ages, they have always been my favorite when it comes to football, but I can't count how many times I've had to bet against them when I am very sure that they won't be able to beat the opponent they are facing, and at the end of the day, when they eventually lose, I win my money, the players get paid their salary, we are all happy.
But imagine betting for your favorite club multiple times, (even on matches you know they won't win) and they lose multiple times, by the end of the week, they players get paid their salary, meanwhile you have lost your money betting on them, never will I allow myself to be that dumb.

Exactly, you are right on the focus and trend of many fans. Although it is clear that love for a club is difficult to deny, the benefits should still be calculated, one cannot close one's eyes and hope that the club's performance will outperform other competitors while statistics are poor compared to that hope. If we truly love the team and feel that betting against is becoming a detriment to our mood, we can replace it with the aspect of belief and cheering, betting is just a sideline activity to contribute to interesting entertainment, without influence and without coercion, do not increase the severity too high.

I don’t know if I’ve made a comment on this but I just came across this again and also had a reread and I think I’ve heard of something similar to this somewhere about some sort of restrictions on active board members like the players and very active board members from betting on their own games and matches and I think this very initiative is to help prevent match buying and rigging and I also heard there some pishiments associated with this very act and I don’t think this news is strange to my ear.

I don’t think a core fan would bet against their club no matter what the circumstances are and just as op already said, maybe he was just an employee and not really a fan and since the club was making serial losses, he had to seize the opportunity make some extra cash and I’m sorry the employee was the scape goat.

A fan of a sports club in my opinion there are 2 differences between fanatical fans and club fans but think about profits.
Fanatical club fans will usually do anything so that their club can win and even choose not to bet rather than having to bet against their favorite club, while club fans who also think about profits will definitely be willing to bet against their favorite club for the profit they have to get, no matter if it ends up being lost. criticism as a traitor but all that is freedom.

Actually there are several other options that we can do without having to fight against clubs when we want to bet and we can bet on the total score option or other options that don't have to bet on one of the clubs.

I do this when my favorite club experiences a slight decline in performance and has a much stronger opponent and I never worry that if later criticism comes to me about traitors, I will answer that everyone has their own objective.

Exactly since its like you are betraying them if he bet on the opposite team. Also for sure he will really be in big trouble if the management knows that he bet on the enemy side and for sure it will cost him his job which is really bad reason to get fired.

Much really better to go on other leagues which conflict of interest is not present and for sure no one will bother them there since team owners or handlers is avoiding to have insider on their team and expose all their plans that's why for sure they want their worker to be their solid supporter so there will be no issue will happen. I don't also feel that way that's the reason I don't bet against my favorite them since I feel sad when seeing them lose to.

for a fan to have become a fan in the first place, there has to be a reason.

Let's say the team you support is basically a legend in the sport and has been amazing before now start to encounter some challenges. As a die hard fan, I think it is ok to still be a fan while recognizing where your team is making mistakes and what they should so to fix it.

All you will feel of course is anger and disappointment because you cannot change the results of a game. But you can bet against your team especially if you see it coming true. it is not betrayal, imo. you are still a fan nonetheless.

A fan with an objective eye

Both options are valid, in fact I would have no problem if a person that was gambling for fun made a bet against their favorite team too, as they may do so just to bother some of their friends or for some other reason.

However there are some die hard fans that no matter what they will never take a bet against their favorite team and that is respectable too, not that I agree, since even if I have my favorite team on each sport I follow, I have no problem taking a bet against it if I think that is the right move to take.

Come on, there are many sports, there are so many leagues and there are a lot matches, you don't have to bet on match where your club is playing. So, I would refrain to bet against the club I support, I don't feel fun to bet against my club. If I won, I'm not happy to see my club lose, if I lose, I'm happy to see my club win, but what's the point I bet for?

Sometime betting on favorite club isn't a wise thing too because you will evaluate them based on your emotional instead judge objectively.

Although there is a tendency always to support your team as a die-hard fan, it is important to remain objective and rational when making betting decisions. It's wise to recognise that there are teams that seem to always have luck, and to factor this bias into your betting decisions.

Sometimes, it's smart to avoid big losses by skipping bets, especially when you think your team is really the best. Important lessons to learn from betting are to be careful and not always bet out of excitement. This shows that you are an adult and that you fully understand the risks of betting.