If you readers know anything about me, you know that I love a nice wager. Also, if you know anything about me, you know that I’m willing to wager on almost anything. For every conventional wager on a college football or NFL game, I’ve placed a sizable wager on the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest. For every MLB game on which I dip my toe, I’ll cobble together a parlay for predicted Oscar winners.
Perhaps no “unconventional” wager piques my interest, though, quite like wagering on people’s employment, or perhaps more appropriately, their potential UNEMPLOYMENT. This brings me to one of my favorite wagers of the NFL season — who will be the first NFL head coach fired?
The crazy thing about this wager is that the favorite rarely hits. In the last five seasons, these have been the winning tic