What is a Sports Service?

The Sports Service industry is made up of over 2,400 professional handicappers or groups of Handicappers called "Sports Services." These Sports Services advise their clients regarding the outcome of sporting events in much the same way as a stock broker advises his clients as to the performance of a particular stock.

However, unlike the financial arena, in the Sports Service Industry, there is no official agency to monitor the results of these services. It is an unfortunate fact that lying and cheating prevails. This is done in any number of ways, primarily through the use of false statistics. Just browse through any of the hundreds of national sports publications in your local market, or look in your local papers sports section and you will see Sports Services advertising that they are 70%, 80%, 90% even 100% accurate. The unsuspecting customers are often coerced into spending hundreds of dollars a weekend on supposed "inside information" or "fixed games" only to be given a handful of losers. The frustration continues when they call the next day to hear the services promoting that they won again! The customer feels ripped off, disappointed, and with nowhere to turn. These Sports Services remain in business under the "sucker born every minute" philosophy. The Sports Illustrated article of a few years back documents some of the scams involved here but suffice to say that SportsChronicles.com is the industry standard for documenting any claims made by these services. You might call us "The Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval" for the industry.

SportsChronicles.com understands that you are a valuable customer, that you expect the truth and that in the end, honesty will prevail, especially in the closely-knit community of the Internet where any dishonesty is published far and wide. SportsChronicles.com insures that its Handicapper's League runs clean, is honestly operated, and their records are based on documented statistics and not hype. SportsChronicles.com doesn't even have to wait for print runs or updated voice mailboxes. The records are updated automatically so you will have the latest information on all of the Sports Services 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In addition, SportsChronicles.com will run a weekly feature called "Under the Bleachers" spreading a word of warning on the latest industry scams. A Sports Service that chooses to be documented by SportsChronicles.com is a service to which you should consider giving your business as only one in ten will have the courage to be fully documented. Most will continue with their dishonest approach until the public finally gets smart. In the meantime, consider yourself educated!