Before I begin this post isn't about pissing anyone off, it's about how things work and should work.

I can tell you straightforward that none of the moderators are and have never been on any type of power trip. The people I have in place as moderators I've known for a very long time, they have either been in the forum business, sports book business or both. These guys are the nicest people you'd ever want to meet and would shoot the shit with over a drink and pizza any day.

With that said, here I am as the owner. I give these guys a direction I want to see things go and they go out and make it happen. I don't tell them 100% how to handle it, because I trust they know what needs done and will just carry it out and if there's an issue, they come back to me and we go from there.

I'm going to be blunt, I've been doing this for 25 years, a lot of time, effort and money has been put into the site.

For the longest time, people wouldn't post at all and just come view service plays and leave. I put an end to that.

People then would take part in word association and post one word and go to service plays. I put an end to that.

Now this is where this area comes in to play. People would just post picks without a reason. I had to put an end to that.

Then people would post some reason as such and such is good at home. That really doesn't help anyone.

I've made it clear I want to see a valid, good reason why I and others should bet on your picks. I don't want to see some half-assed reason just so you can go into the service play area.

Handicapping is an art, it's a craft, you should put the time into it and be content with your final product.... win or lose. If you win great, if you lose, learn from it.

If a moderator or myself is asking there's either not enough information or it's not clear.

It's never personal so don't take it as such.

Have a great Christmas and New Year's ahead.

FREAK