I’ve almost given up trying to champion the more positive aspects of what I’ve \u00a0and others achieved over the last 14 years. Because everytime I try, something like this gets thrown into the ring.\u00a0I seem to be commenting far too frequently on these sorts of things, but it’s frustrating: –<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/2013\/04\/26\/a-fool-and-his-money-are-soon-parted\/<\/a><\/p>\n Personally, I think the stuff I’ve managed to achieve in the sports markets it’s better than anything I’ve achieved in financial markets, if not on the same scale. In fact I’ve taken ideas and concepts back into the financial markets that I’ve learnt from short term trading on sports markets. I’m not alone, I met and consulted with many Bet Angel customers over the years and there are some very clever people out there. A range of them are doing a variety of things in a number of ways and\u00a0I’ve been blessed to have seen some wonderful work in these markets. But still, because it has the word gamble attached to it, nobody really recognises the achievements.\u00a0If I blew a few million\u00a0on financial markets I’d be ‘unlucky’, on sports markets ‘reckless’. If you make millions it’s ‘wise’ and ‘lucky’.<\/p>\n My efforts to legitimise our activity as a community has often been given the cold shoulder but I have had the odd success. I saw the Betfair ambassador campaign as a chance to post some decent P&L’s under Betfair’s watch and show that it really is all for real, that makes me feel a bit better. I did manage to get a small piece in the FT as well, but was less successful elsewhere: –<\/p>\n
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