My dad came up with this thing-if you bet against your team, you’re happy either way. Either your team or your wallet wins.

I don’t know if I agree, but I do like the idea of it. Especially when taken to the extreme.

I don’t think you can ever be happy either way, but I have to believe at a specific point, you can feel neutral about the outcome.

I posted this question on X to my meager following: “How much can you bet that a team WON’T win a game you want them to win so that the outcome is never disappointing?”

Take the Bills NOT to win the AFC championship game today. I don’t know if you can even bet that, but if I could, I wonder at what point would them losing make me happy.

Say I bet $1000 on the Chiefs at -125. Chiefs win, I win $800. Bills win, I lose $1000. Essentially, I just paid $1000 for the outcome I wanted. Was it too much?