A category created in honor of Papa Marty — who kept notecards labeled exactly that, full of opinions on everything, ready to go whether you asked or not.

I saw CBS Mornings run a segment about a journalist who lost nearly $10,000 on sports betting and called it proof the industry is broken.

Here's the short version: The Atlantic gave staff writer McKay Coppins $10,000 to gamble on NFL games for a season as a journalism experiment. He had never bet a dollar in his life. His first night he deposited $500 into DraftKings with zero research, zero process and zero framework. By Super Bowl Sunday he had lost $9,891. CBS then interviewed him and ran the whole thing as a cautionary tale about how predatory sports betting apps are.

Here's my problem with that.

He was given money. He was not given a process. Nobody — not The Atlantic, not CBS, not the Gronks and Kevin Harts of the world collecting sportsbook checks — seems to think that distinction matters.

I do.

I went to broadcasting school. I worked in local news. I know you're supposed to tell both sides of a story. Since nobody spoke for the other side, I put it on YouTube myself.

Watch the full video below. Someone has to defend us!

— Ariel

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