When Vince Young became the cover athlete for Madden 2008 earlier this week, I and every other game media outlet used the opportunity to talk about the so-called Madden Curse. Many other people decided, as with all things sports, to bet on it.
The folks at Bodog sent me the current odds:
And the odds from 2006:
I am not a degenerate gambler like many of you, so I had to look this up on the interwebs. A negative number is how much money you have to wager to win $100. This is done when the odds are worse than even, which means that the bettors on Bodog seem pretty sure that Young will fall victim to the curse. If you wager $140, you stand to win $100 (plus your original bet) if he does.
