CSNbbs

All I can say is read this article: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/08/busine...ref=slogin

Here's a copyright respecting excerpt that hits the key point of the article:

Mr. Wolfers, a blond pony-tailed Australian, calls himself part of a new generation of forensic economists

Well then, the lesson is to bet against the spread.

What's the big deal?

Point shaving may occur or a dominant team is not motivated to play well against a substantially lesser opponent.Big surprise.They only teams I have ever seen that were disciplined enough to play hard against bad teams were the great John Wooden teams at UCLA.

I think it's as simple as Vegas knows how to make money and therefore were to set the spread.