Death of the Underdog

The Favorites Sports Betting Podcast

iHeartPodcasts and The Volume

Sports, Fantasy Sports, News, Sports News, Football

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

This week marks the 7th anniversary of the repeal of PASPA, ushering in the widescale legalization of American sports betting we enjoy today. This week on the show, Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter dive into a subject we’ve talked a lot about on this show the last couple years, especially this past NFL season: the decline of the underdog for bettors across multiple sports. Since the repeal of PASPA, and especially in the NFL, historically profitable underdog situations have become quite hte opposite. To help us dive into the numbers behind this trend, Evan Abrams, statistical maven and Action Network Director of Research & Media, joins the show. #Volume

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:04.0	Who are the 25 greatest football players to grace the gridiron since the year 2000,
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0:32.1	starting on June 30th on the IHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts,
0:36.9	or wherever you get your podcast.
0:47.9	Welcome to the favorites, the podcast, part of the volume podcast network.
0:52.0	I am Chad Milman of the Action Network.
0:54.0	Today, I'm joined.
0:55.6	As always, by my co-host, my companion,
0:57.4	my compadre, my BFF professional better.
0:59.3	Simon, Hunter.
1:00.8	Hello, Simon.
1:02.6	Chad, what a magical week.
1:03.9	The release of the schedule.
1:05.3	It's one of my favorite weeks of the year
1:06.8	for a football fan.
1:08.1	Simon, I know that over the weekend, you had planned on playing in a poker tournament that
1:16.7	began at 11 p.m.
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