New Comeback Participant of the 12 months pointers may just frustrate some gamblers
The Related Press, after years of offering no steerage by any means for what “Comeback Participant of the 12 months” method, has in any case given the electorate one thing greater than “comeback.”
“The spirit of the AP Comeback Participant of the 12 months Award is to honor a participant who has demonstrated resilience within the face of adversity via overcoming sickness, bodily harm or different instances that led him to leave out enjoying time the former season,” the AP instructed electorate on Tuesday.
In different phrases, “Coming Again from Sucking” is not a factor. Likewise, “Coming Again from Being a Backup” it seems that doesn’t qualify the participant for the award. (That mentioned, being benched would arguably rely as “different instances that led him to leave out enjoying time the former season.”)
For the reason that the trade used to be sparked via Geno Smith profitable the award in 2022 and certainly exacerbated via Damar Hamlin no longer profitable it in 2023, the “Coming Again from Being a Backup” subcategory possibly is useless.
If that’s the case (as it sort of feels to be), any person who has dropped some money on, say, Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson at 12-1 (or so) could be just a little dissatisfied at this time.
After all, perhaps the AP will permit Wilson to be thought to be, since he arguably had “different instances” (contractual headaches) that ended in his benching. Nonetheless, even though he’d completed the season because the starter, he would were a non-longshot for the award, previous to the trade within the requirements.
Every other participant on whom other folks may were hanging bets is Steelers quarterback Justin Fields (perhaps “different instances” will observe to him). Or how about Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold, at 30-1?
He didn’t play closing yr, however he wasn’t injured or sick. He used to be merely No. 2 in the back of Brock Purdy in San Francisco. So if, in Minnesota, Darnold wins the beginning task and has a occupation yr below trainer Kevin O’Connell and the Vikings cross to the playoffs, is Darnold eligible? It appears no longer.
That’s the chance of hanging bets on sports activities wagers which are the results of a vote. Past the inherently subjective nature of the method, the usual can trade after you are making the guess.
It’ll be fascinating to look whether or not any of the sports activities books will be offering to refund wagers put on gamers who didn’t leave out time in 2023 because of sickness or harm, and who would merely be getting back from sucking and/or no longer being within the beginning lineup. It additionally can be fascinating to look if sure gamers are got rid of from the board.
The objective of this variation used to be certainly to get to the bottom of one very particular downside. Like many identical well-intentioned efforts, it might result in more than a few accidental penalties.
