SportsViews

When you create a bet on SportsViews you can state when the bet closes and how much the bet investment is. If The bet investment is 1,000 SVpoints, then it will cost you 1,000 SVpoints. If 10 people take up the bet, there will be 10,000 in the bet pool. If 5 people win, then the bet will pay 2,000. This is the principle behind many of the original tote betting establishments.

The key is to find that special bet where everyone is backing the obvious and the long shot wins - and your the only one to back the longshot. You collect the lot then. Perhaps one of these bets holds the key to a nice win?

10 of the past 11 Game 1 victors have gone on to take the World Series. Can the Phillies overcome the Rays and become the 11th team to do the trick?

There are a lot of unsung heroes out there and for sure, one player’s performance will spell the difference in the World Series. Who do you think would be that player?

Who will win the Brazilian GP - *The Race (71 Laps)?

Football fans love their coaches. Which coach was the best of all time?

Hull face Chelsea on Wednesday then backup to play Manchester United on the Saturday. they have had a brilliant start to the season - can they continue and beat Man U.

Don’t forget, you can win free tickets to a sporting event of your choice. How, just earn more SVpoint than any other member - at least, be in the top three.

In every sport there are routine questions that often create lively discussions. One of the questions that I love debating are the ‘who is the best player never to have won a ………’. For example, ‘who is the best quarterback never to have won a Superbowl?’

Sergio Garcia, the golfer, is often argued as the best golfer to have never won a major. This year we saw young Jelena Jankovic gain the number one ranking for women tennis players, yet she had never won a major - at 23 she is just reaching her prime.

One tennis player that probably does fit the argument is Elena Dementieva. Going on for 28, she has still not won a major title, in fact she has only got as far as the semi-finals in most of her matches, yet she has, over time, beaten all the top ranked players.

She is highly skilled in her craft but lacks the outgoing persona that come with many of her contemporaries. She also lacks one other trait - consistency. Is it too late for her? Probably not. There have been older players that walked off with the silverware from a major tournament. It’s debatable as to whether she wants to win desperately enough now. She makes a good living from the sport now which is great for her. We shall never see her at her best.

SportsViews.com has a great new promotion running that could help you score a pair of tickets to one of your favorite sports games.

To be eligible to win you must first join up. It’s free and only takes a moment to join. Once you have joined, you will receive 50,000 SV points. The top three points earners for the month will each receive free tickets to a game of your choice.

How do you earn points? Couldn’t be easier. First, participate in the bets. If you win a bet, you receive your share in the prize pool.

Invite friends to join SportsViews and for every friend who does join, you will receive 1,000 SV points. You can also earn points when other members vote on what you do. Create a bet, write a buzz post, submit a video or photo. For each of these activities, you can receive up 200 SV Points every time someone votes on that activity.

Just as importantly, you can leave comments and build a network of like minded acquaintances. And don’t forget the free tickets will you?

One of the handy features on SportsViews.com is the voting system. You can rate a bet, Buzz post or video on one to five star basis. It makes it easy to what’s currently popular in each of those areas. Here are some of the popular videos for this week.

NFL 2008 hardest hits (really hard ones) - and they mean hard. This is why we go to watch the football.

Like your mixed martial arts? Watch some Funny and Weird MMA Moments!!!!!!

One of the reasons people go to the motor racing is to see the thrills and spills, the cars going into the wall, or each other. Great motor sport crashes.

Some big hits in NHL and NFL. Make your choice Which one is the most brutal game.

Tennis: Venus Williams vs Ana Ivanovic - two of the best women tennis players on the circuit.

Check out the videos for your favorite sport. If you like it, vote it up.

Football plays a big part in the lives of many people around the world. In many parts, the word football is the generic term for soccer. However there are many other types of football including American football. SportsViews.com has a huge collection of football related videos. The following are just a few examples of what you may find.

• NFL Superstars 08 - Brett Favre - New York Jets
• RAIDERS Week 7 -Raiders fianlly get another victory against Bret and the Jets NEW
• NCAA Football: Missouri Tigers vs Texas Longhorns Slideshow
• NFL Week 7 Denver Broncos at New England Patriots Highlights
• Texas beats Oklahoma in a the classic red river rivalry in classic upset fashion.

There are hundred of other videos covering a wide variety of sports. Visit SportsViews.com and either add a video of your own or view videos of your favorite sport.

We are expecting more and more from professional sport people each and every day. English football is a good case in point. When you consider a team can be involved in the Premiership, the Champions League (or UEFA Cup), the Carling Cup and the FA Cup, that’s a lot of football. Add to that any appearances by players in their respective World Cup campaigns and the pressure is really on.

This week past two weeks has seen World Cup matches, Champions League and Premiership matches. This coming week will see Premiership matches on Saturday and Sunday with the teams backing up on Tuesday on Wednesday for another round of Premierships matches. For some players, it will be three games in ten days, for others 5 games in 15 days - this is at the elite professional level.

With so many appearances on the field along with training, injuries not appear more frequently, they can be harder to recover from. Many players become burnt out in their early 30’s when in the past, some of the better players have played into their late 30’s or early 40’s.

Is the such a thing as too much sport for our elite athletes? You will have to ask them. What are your thoughts? Do we expect too much from our athletes, or are they paid so much that two or three games per week should be expected? Join SportsViews and share your thoughts on all things sports related.

The term ‘tiger’ is popular in many sports. Of course, we have the head tiger, Mr Tiger Woods. Other sporting clubs use the ‘tiger’ as part of their image. Check out the following ‘tiger’ related videos from SportsViews.

With an intro like that we have to start with the number one tiger - Tiger Woods and a overview of his knee injury.

Cincinnati Bengals In their song: Fear The Tiger.

Some of the pics from a couple Detroit tigers. The Detroit Tigers I Don’t Dance

Nathan Brown of the Richmond Tigers has his leg broken (snapped) by a Matthew Whelan smother during play against the Melbourne Demons.

2008 Florida Gators vs LSU Tigers Remix - NCAA football.

There, that wasn’t too difficult. Who said tigers where dangerous? Have videos of your own? Come and share them with everyone else at SportsViews.

Football, to some it’s American Football, to others it is Soccer. Still others consider Rugby, Rugby League and Australian Football as the only true football. What are your thoughts? Check out these action videos and tell me which breed of football appeals to you the most?

From the NFL - It’s Week 7 and the Buffalo Bills are taking on the San Diego Chargers - watch some of the highlights.

From the world of EPL soccer, watch Taki sink a fantastic goal. It is one of the best EPL goals this season!

More from the NFL week 7, This time it is the Titans playing the Chiefs. Game recap.

NFL Game of the Week Cardinals vs. Cowboys

Back to the soccer and this video is on one of the latest master strikers.Soccer: Ronaldinho Touch of Gold.

Ronaldinho certainly is a touch of gold and so are many of the other videos in the SportsViews collecion.

Golf has a huge following and there are plenty of bets and Buzz posts on the topic. However, there are only three videos. If you have any golf videos, even videos of weekend hackers, then how about sharing them with the rest of the SportsViews members. Here are the three videos we currently have, I am sure you can add to them.

Mickelson returns to defend at Deutsche Bank - so much promise yet often so little return.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains why you wont see Tiger Woods competing until at least next year. This includes some great footage of the Tigers swing.

Tom Rinaldi reports on the condition of British Open defending champ Padraig Harrington. Includes footage of Harrington’s game.

Whilst these are three of the top golfers in the world at present, I am sure there are more videos that could be uploaded. Fee free to add yours to the collection at SportsViews golf videos.

If you’re a real sports fan and enjoy using SportsViews to make bets, read or write buzz posts, watch videos or keep up to date with the latest photos then you may want to grab one of their widgets.

You can get widgets for Bets, Videos, Pictures and Buzz posts. Each widget displays the latest submissions for each section. Where these widgets are different to some others, is the variety of places you can use them. There is code available for Facebook, MySpace, Friendster, and most of the other social networks. You can also get the code to embed the widget into WordPress, LiveJournal, TypePad and other blogging formats.

The widgets come in two sizes - large 356 wide by 326 deep or narrow - 170 wide by 326 deep and are tastefully designed. Check them out for yourself and embed the code into your favorite site.