yep, I believe this statement above is true!
Certainly if you have just a small group of players, (esp players that love the "local" team that happens to be on fire like Eagles, Patriots, etc) you could be taking it up the shorts.
We had 1 yr (among the 5 I was involved) when all the big faves were covering, instead of us cleaning up we were only winning about 30% of our normal amount for about 3 of 4 wks, and the boss was in a panic, but it eventually turned around. Just as i believe this will...
Steel, I can empathize with you... I used to have a handful of guys that I "covered" instead of turning in the plays... and whenever I covered it, they hit for some $$..
Whenever I just called the plays in, they lost their asses...
Felt like I was snakebit lol
Steel, I always respect your selections and wish u the best for a quick bounceback!
GL