Super Grateful

youth baseball is insane. there are so many levels to it, and I think a lot of parents think their kid can go pro because when you look at a lot of pro baseball players - they're not exactly freaks of nature. A lot of shorter guys out there, some fat even. Yes there are anomalies like Judge, but for the most part it isn't like the NFL or NBA where you have to be huge and fast. Also, you can make a pretty good living and not get any major injuries. Hopefully the kid is having fun and making memories / friends, because at the end of the day - that is all it's really about. If he loves the game, he will always be around it in some capacity. If he does not truly love it, he could grow to hate the game and even his parents. I coach my 6 year old sons flag football team and have for a few seasons now. I can already tell he is not the next Christian McCaffrey lol. He seems to be having a good time though and gets better every season. Some of the kids on my team though are hardcore. One of them is in that parkour / ninja thing you mentioned. He's their only son and you can tell they're all in. He's super fast and agile though, so best of luck to him. I grew up playing sports extensively at almost every level and watching my kids play sports / coaching them is the best. I am very conscious that they are not going pro though, I don't want to scare them away or overwhelm them, I just want them to have fun, make friends, make memories, maybe earn some accolades / trophies to show what hard work can get you, etc. Side rant about the schooling thing, obviously a lot of kids homeschool for various reasons. It's really big out here in Southern California. If you are in a position where you can homeschool your kids, power to ya. I know your kids will love it a lot more than regular school. Yes, they may be a little different in some ways, but they'll still get an education. Public school is like a preview for life. It's a free for all with all different walks of life and everyone is just trying to make it through. To me, it is a glorified daycare. I barely scraped through school and hated it. Most of the successful people I know in my life weren't great students and the ones that were don't even use their degrees for their line of work.

I'm so confused

damn I needed Rams -5.5 to hit a +675 same game parlay. now that they're playing defense first they're gonna lose or win by a FG.

Cam HC

I've got him in my any time TD parlay today, I feel it coming.

Nah see that's a John Kasay jersey, another hero to the Patriots.

I love how game day threads these days are just whatever random poster brings up that there is a game today lmao. 19-18 Panthers win, yes I bet Carolina on the ML today.

scrambled eggs, sausage, toast, black coffee. good morning from Rams country.

I follow gambling influencers that throw down $100K+ a game LMAO, I'm a dime player and only when it comes to this niche. Really not one some Jeff Bezos shid or something here hahaha. I live in suburbia and have kids to take to school and youth sports to coach, I cant dip out to Central America

I don't want to be like mrbigcat but my business does well and I allocate a certain amount of money a year for betting. My unit size is usually only $100 a game but for something I feel so confident against, I will fire this amount away without much anxiety.

Cardinals - 24 Panthers - 9

go team

I was there for that one too, one of the only losses I can remember leaving with a grin on my face because I knew what we had in Cam.

I mean I don't think there is more than 1% of our fan base that has hope anymore, but I always want them to win. This simply cushions the blow but I can't help but see the opportunity to make money along the way to our road to a top 3 draft pick.

Go ahead and make a large wager on Panthers over 18.5 points then. Not like Gannon is a defensive minded coach or anything.

I honestly couldn't even tell you who our QB coach is right now but Josh McKown sure shut this theory down.

yeah, just like they said Terrace Marshall Jr would? lmfao name another time this has ever happened. DJ Moore is the only successful Panthers receiver that we had to trade away for Bust Young, even he's looking worse off, though.

my new nickname for X is Boomhauer. dudes gonna get laughed out of the league.

I think the cards could win by a heartbreaker FG or something or they could win by double digits, so I'm not messing with that. I know two things though, they will win and the Panthers will not score 3 TD's.

alright guys, here we go week 2! the moneyline odds for Cardinals is ridiculous and I'm not touching the spread but I did find value in the Panthers team total. I got it at under 20.5 points at -165 odds. $10,000 down again. the line has since shifted to under 18.5 points which to me is still a STEAL. and the odds improved. You really think Bryce is going to put up three touchdowns on the Cardinals? Hahaha!! See you at the pay window!

I'm sick of people comparing players to Cam, at the the height of his college career and NFL career he was the greatest to ever do it.

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wtf and where is a tinderbox?

I like how a thread about an ex players ex wife getting arrested is allowed but mods lock a thread about a current panthers staff member being fired due to incentive comments regarding Charlie Kirk. Really interesting that you would want to silence that. Telling, one might say.

https://nypost.com/2025/09/11/sports/panthers-fire-staffer-over-insensitive-post-after-charlie-kirks-assassination/