We Have A New All-Time Asshole: The Guy Who Won The $1 Million Bracket Challenge Was More Concerned About A $50 Bet

[Yahoo] - With the 2019 national championship game hurtling toward an exciting finish and a life-altering sum of money on the line in Yahoo Sports’ first-ever Best Bracket Millionaire Contest, one of two remaining contenders for the $1 million prize was not only rooting for the wrong team — he was asleep.

No, seriously.

Mark Watts, a 60-year-old United States Air Force veteran and fire-alarm technician from Baltimore, was oblivious. Completely unaware that his bracket, filled out based on minimal research, had the chance to be No. 1 out of 1,196,757. He was aware, however, of a side bet with a longtime friend. His buddy had picked Virginia. Watts had Texas Tech. The wager?

Fifty bucks.

God damnit. Fuck this guy. I mean think about how much you watch college hoops. How invested you get in bets. This guy doesn’t even bother to check his bracket to see he’s up for a MILLION BUCKS. He’s more concerned about a $50 bet.

And listen, I get that you get wrapped up in bets. I don’t care about how much you bet. I know it’s something Big Cat has said quite a bit. A bet is a bet and value for each person is different. But what I do care about is not being invested when you’re sweating out a million bones.

The fact you don’t check the standings once? This is America, man. You end up sweating out all of March and early April for your pools. Whether that’s brackets, calcutta, squares, draft, whatever. You are checking no matter your background.

Oh, and here’s the guy’s bracket:

 Looks like he just got 6 picks wrong. Not too shabby. Not that he would even notice. Fucking $50 bet. That really chaps my ass.

Especially since he was on the wrong side! How do you get on the wrong side of the $50 bet without knowing about the million. I just have so many problems with this. I always dream of winning something like the million dollar bracket. I’d be checking daily. I’d be talking about it nonstop.

It’s always someone with zero clue. Always.