March Madness betting already got me hot and bothered yesterday when Memphis toyed with my heart, so I’m already cranky enough. Now I’m getting ready for Don Cherry’s inevitable rant tomorrow night after Alex Ovechkin put on another fireworks display for NHL betting fans.
In case you were too wrapped up in the March Madness odds to see it, here’s the goal and the celebration:
Not the most exotic or hilarious celebration NHL betting fans have ever seen, but I respect the idea. Well, you know what’s next. Don Cherry, whom I love but who is growing more senile by the hour, will likely tear strips off Ovechkin on Saturday night…again. Hey — maybe he just does it for the ratings. Either way, he’ll probably condemn Ovechkin for his celebrations yet again.
What Cherry doesn’t seem to understand is that hockey is battlefield in which these things sort themselves out. Not only are Ovechkin’s antics good for a game whose athletes have the charisma of sea turtles, he’ll get what’s coming to him anyway. In physical sports like hockey or football, hot dogs get whats’ coming to them. They know the stakes and it’s fair. If you’re a hot dog, you have fun but you invite guys to take shots at you. Do you think Ovie, Chad Johnson and T.O. don’t’ realize that? It’s fall fair.
Remember the Star incident in Dallas? Owens had fun but got attacked. He knew it would happen:
It’s fair, online betting fans. So we shouldn’t discourage Ovechkin’s NHL betting antics unless we want non-stop vanilla action.
I’m betting at the sportsbook that Cherry blows up tomorrow and gets himself in hot water…
