Wow. Apparently gambling on youth football is a big problem in Florida. There's so much I could say here, but most prominently I personally can't wrap my mind around betting money on the outcome of football games where
A) You're not even entirely sure whether the 6 year old running back is even going to run in the right direction after getting a handoff from the quarterback. That's even assuming that the quarterback doesn't decide pre-snap that he either wants a juice box more than he wants to run the play or that the defense is scary so he takes the ball, curls up on the ground and cries.
B) If I WAS the head coach of a youth football team and I was going to exchange gambling money in the stands at the game, I would make sure my illicit gambling partner didn't look like someone who walked into Thunderdome with Mad Max, thus ensuring that he and what he is doing is going to stand out like a sore thump to every eyeball and video camera anywhere nearby, and probably a few spy satellites too.
Just in case the still in the video atop the linked article isn't still there.
EDIT: I suppose it IS possible that the conversation in that picture could be "Man, I KNEW I should have bet that that little white kid WAS going to pee his pants when the ball was tossed to him! Here's your $20, Thunderdome!"
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