5000 to 1

[Loki]

The Sixers' odds to win the NBA championship were 500 to 1.


That's all you need to know about how fucking crazy it is that Leicester City won the Premier League championship.

[Ground_Meat]

The Sixers' odds to win the NBA championship were 500 to 1.


That's all you need to know about how fucking crazy it is that Leicester City won the Premier League championship.

I've been hearing a lot about this and don't know anything about the league.

How did they win?

[JuTMSY4]

Scored more goals

[Ground_Meat]

Scored more goals

Good one.

[WhyYouMadThough]

How did they win?

I think the real reason you see ridiculous odds like 5000-1 for Leicester is the lack of playoffs in the premier league. Whichever team finishes in first place at the end of the season is the champion. There's no possibility for a team to sneak into a postseason and catch fire.

So, you have to be at or near the top of the standings through the course of a 38 game season. Everyone expected Leicester to fall off at some point and they just kept winning games. Incredible.

[McCarthy12]

It might be the greatest underdog story in the history of sports. They have a bunch of players who are scrappy and really fast. They kind of attacked as counter punchers and it worked all season long. But they have no huge names. They weren't even playing in the top division a few years back. Just incredible. It's hard to think of a comparison in American sports - at least during my lifetime. Like a 16 seed winning the NCAA tournament.

[HEREisAKERS]

No US equivalent considering relegation structure but it is most like the Syracuse Crunch winning the Stanley Cup.

[D Leff]

It's kind of like a 16 seed ending a 36 game NCAA regular season ranked #1 in the nation. Even the tournament only requires 5 wins.

[McCarthy12]

The Indians winning the pennant in Major League was pretty close.

[Diggle]

Boring ass sport

[McCarthy12]

It's a great sport. Much better in person than on TV though and probably one of those sports that is harder to appreciate if you didn't grow up around it or play it. I can understand why people don't like it though. Not a lot of scoring and the exaggeration of injuries are a big turn off.

[Snakebitten]

Mahrez, Kante and Vardy came up huge this year. I've been to more Premier League games the last year than Eagles games. Best sporting event I've ever attended.

[Riccardo]

I had no idea what these old biddies were gabbing about

[ishimonster]

It's definitely growing in popularity here

It's a great sport. Much better in person than on TV though and probably one of those sports that is harder to appreciate if you didn't grow up around it or play it. I can understand why people don't like it though. Not a lot of scoring and the exaggeration of injuries are a big turn off.

Partly because of the running clock. No timeouts/tv timeouts. Just a 15 minute break between halves.

[McCarthy12]

Seeing a game at Emirates is on my must do list. I was at the Italy-Bulgaria World Cup semifinal in '94. Baggio scored twice. Probably the coolest sporting event I've ever attended.