ESPN / ABC Spelling Bee Championships......
 

Anyone else like watching this shit??

Its odd but when its on im really into it.. Really good shit!

They should have simulcast betting for this.

Ive never heard of these fucking words..

I feel ripped off with my inner city public education..

Boneprone's lock bet of the day.
Bet on the Indian kid.

IM making my kid do this....... Its pretty amazing........


This and cage fighting........

I watched a documentary last month that followed 8 contestants throughout their journey from their hometown to the Nationals. It was pretty fascinating the amount of 'training' that these kids do...sometimes 4-6 hours a day of spelling, reading the dictionary, learning word roots/origins, etc.

I went to a state spelling bee as a kid and I'm STILL blown away by the words these kids are spelling.

There is a good movie with Lawarnce Fishburn called Steall and the Bee or some shit like that...

ITs a really good movie if you like this stuff..

I really enjoyed it..

This event or sport or whatever you want to call it is great..

Its like the World Series of Poker for kids...

Mental competitions are great. There should be more focus on them.

so what is life after winning the spelling bee?
write copy for porn sites?

I did the spelling bee thing as a kid and did quite well, but some of these words would have me balled up in the corner crying like a baby...

I put 5k down on the kid from India. I'm getting 7-1 odds, should be a big pay day. I did some background checking on him and he's blown away everyone in all the preliminaries, this is my lock of the week.

haha i actually love watching those when they're on.

the first time you see it, you watch it because you can't believe its being televised. next thing you know, youve been watching for 30 minutes.