Despite the fact that I dropped it like a bad habit, moot court has soldiered on through the round-robin rounds and is now in the tournament stage. Since the brackets came out today, I have a strong prediliction to spam the listserv with a request to give me $5 and completed brackets for a little good-natured wagering before the next round starts on Thursday. I didn't, and here's why:
- Some people don't like betting against their friends (I can't imagine why)
- Gambling on college basketball makes the early rounds between unfamiliar teams worth watching. Nobody will watch Moot Court until the final round.
- Even if you could watch, it probably won't be on TV in bars.
- I would lose. If I had a nickel for every time someone I thought was dumb turned out to be very smart and vice versa, I would say to myself, "what the heck am I going to do with all of these nickels?"
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