You need to show results before you get any respect.......

[Henry17]

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why do you want to gain a following?

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Thinking the same thing. I do this for money not the respect of some strangers online.

[brendanb438]

You need a huge following if ya wanna go tout. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Henry17]

Winning handicappers tout? why?

[wiper]

good luck, fido...

normally i'd fade this kind of post, except the 'respect' line threw me for a loop, and now i dunno...you could end up being this season's version of winning hundreds of cows, or i could be missing an opportunity to win by fading..

hmmm...

[Mr_J]

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Winning handicappers tout? why?

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Make more money.

[Henry17]

If someone is actually a winning handicapper then he shouldn't need tout money.

[CaptainHook]

Eh, it's not like he loses anything by going tout. Who can argue with making more money?

[Henry17]

I could return my empty wine and beer bottles and that would be more money but it isn't worth it.

Same applies for touting. I use to get cold calls from all the tout services in the 90s. Based on what they were pitching the money just isn't worth the trouble for anyone who is actually good at it.

The closest I have ever come to selling picks was a straight trade of my football and hockey picks for someone else's baseball. I did that for 2 years. I don't even share picks with my friends.

If someone is willing to sell picks for $500-2000 a season then I wouldn't trust them since he obviously needs the money so probably isn't that well established.