1) You must have power rankings.
No matter from where, you must have your own number before you look at any game.
2.) Don't over analyze, the more angles your system has the less success you will have. 5-7 tops.
You must keep your choices to a 5-7 item criteria at most,
3.) FK write ups, writes ups are pre-excuses before you loose a game. Before I hear an opinion, specially if the person is asking to be paid for it, you must see a ticket. If they aren't backing their opinion with a ticket, flip a coin your chances will be the same. That is the only qualification that is acceptable before you hear an opinion that will change your mind.
4.) Be obsessed with this, have an opinion on at least 5 games a week that you, yourself worked out and make a final selection that you will go take down Vegas with.
5.) Listen to different points of view, just don't pay attention to the clones all over the internet and radio, when guys from the street loose broken legs can certainly be an option if they don't keep their percentages right. I want to know what a person with that kind of pressure is thinking, because that is a bigger incentive than you'll ever have.
6.) Never get into anything you are not willing to loose 100 times, this is our entertainment. It might pay you off but they odds aren't in your favor, and everyone in this market if after your dollars. Always remember the second part more than the first.
7.) Start your analisys with the dog... Always...
8.) Never more than 1%, and 3% if its your GOY
9.) Have two non bias sources of information that have nothing to do with the industry. Some of the best are recently retired players expressing their feelings.
10) If it's not fun, you are doing it wrong,... if any action is stressing you, you are blowing it my friend. If this is not entertainment for you, you have a problem and it's time to find another hobby.
If you want to see what teams I'm looking at early in the season, check out my blog. And you can check out the twitter for the podcast.
Cheers Bitchez,
Oz
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