define handicapping....

[theGibber1]

this will be moved to general im sure..

but for a thesis i am working on please in your own words

define handicapping

thanks

gib

 

[UT-Longhorn]

Successfully throwing darts at games that win........

 

[gardenweasel]

i`d say

i`d say

picking the right 2 out of 3 large public plays every week that blow and going against them....

 

[Mick Onofrio]

Literally

Literally

It's a person that predicts the outcomes of horse races. So handicapping is predicting Horse Races. Predicting.

 

[gardenweasel]

this is the most important thing

this is the most important thing

check these out....from a noted consensus site....

1)indy...75%
2)minny...74%
3)nyj`s...66%
4)tampa...65%
5)seattle...63%


this is what must be priority #1...imo........not every week....but enough weeks to make this very profitable for the books....g.l.

 

[GM]

I'd say...

Handicapping: The process of evaluating two or more opponents in a sporting event, so as to determine which competitor, if any, is more likely to win, cover a pointspread, or result in the best return on investment when wagered upon.

Rather wordy. It could be cleaned up and be better, but I'm tired.

 

[aldabra]

easy

easy

A slow ticket to the poorhouse.....

 

[yanno]

From www.dictionary.com

From www.dictionary.com

hand?i?cap n.

1. Sports & Games.

1. A race or contest in which advantages or compensations are given different contestants to equalize the chances of winning.
2. Such an advantage or penalty.

2. A physical or mental disability. See Synonyms at disadvantage.

3. A hindrance.


tr.v. hand?i?capped, hand?i?cap?ping, hand?i?caps

1. Sports & Games. To assign handicaps or a handicap to (a contestant).
2. To cause to be at a disadvantage; impede.


[From obsolete hand in cap, a game in which forfeits were held in a cap.]

Source: The American Heritage? Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright ? 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

handicapping

Handicap \Hand"i*cap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handicapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Handicapping.] To encumber with a handicap in any contest; hence, in general, to place at disadvantage; as, the candidate was heavily handicapped.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, ? 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

 

[gardenweasel]

i agree

i agree

incremental demise.....

 

[theGibber1]

thats good.. thanks gents

 

[aldabra]

I like it Garden...

I like it Garden...

Incremental demise of assets.....

seriously, I asked my wife what she thought handicapping was:
she responded..." all men have to feel they are right...winning a gambling event strokes their ego and feeds the fire....." she has seen me yelling at the boob tube more than once in past 22 years...

 

[ViGoR]

Re: this is the most important thing

Re: this is the most important thing

check these out....from a noted consensus site....

1)indy...75%
2)minny...74%
3)nyj`s...66%
4)tampa...65%
5)seattle...63%



May I ask where could i get these information every week? Thanks...........

 

[worm44]

PLACING YOUR HANDS ON THE SPREADS AND CLEARING YOUR MIND OF ALL PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS AND LETTING THE GODS RIFLE THEIR PICKS FROM THEIR BRAINS INTO YOUR CRANIUM....THEN YOU...WHAT IF... SOMETIME........OH HELL...FORGET IT........WHAT WAS THE QUESTION?

 

[freelancc]

:lol: :lol:

 

[johnnyb.]

i know it does not have a direct corelation to sports knowledge!

 

[worm44]

ONE MORE THING ON HANDICAPPING....YOU START WITH.............................................................THEN YOU...............................AND YOU END UP WITH.....................TO GET THE RESULT YOU...............THEN YOU GO THE OPPOSITE WAY TO........................NOLAN WILL GIVE THE THEORY ON IT...........

 

[wolf]

handicapping is the art of determining the winner of a sporting event utililizing a combination of analysis of past statistics and current tangibles and intangibles.

 

[worm44]

YEAH....WOLF