Yeah, this makes perfect sense except for the fact that, oh hell, I cannot believe I am bothering to do this, since it's so obvious, but I'll do it just because MrV chimed in as usual while knowing nothing but having the need to yap his opinion. Let's walk through this, shall we:
1) I will do an interview anytime, any place, with anybody. Now this is about the tenth time I've written this, so if people choose to ignore this little fact, well, not much I can do about it. People need to learn to read. One would think a law degree would require third grade reading comprehension, but perhaps not.
2) Putting the onus on me to conduct an interview with myself seems pretty funny, on the face of it. But one must never overestimate the cumulative IQ of the VCT faithful.
3) If I was in something called "Tipsters or Gypsters?" in the early 1980's, which was published in Las Vegas and read by thousands of people, and which publicized the records of hundreds of "touts," one would think the fact I was a public handicapper, a "tout" so to speak, would be pretty obvious.
4) If you are in a publication listing the records of touts, I think it would be self-evident one is a "tout."
5) If I run a full-page ad in GamePlan Magazine in 1980, touting my handicapping record from my newspaper column the previous year, I think it's pretty evident I'm a public handicapper.
6) If I'm on national newsstands in something called Playbook for more than a decade, read by literally millions of people during those years, I don't think I'm hiding the fact that I am a public handicapper. Just a guess. I don't expect lawyers to necessarily grasp this, but my plumber and next-door neighbors do.
7) Obviously, the little spiel kewlJ wrote above is all bullshit, as most of his spiels are. He didn't take the time to think it through, at all. The idea that someone is hiding that they are public commercial handicappers while appearing on newsstands read by millions of people, on television (Satellite Cable Handicap), and in the most-read summary of commercial handicapper results during the 80's and 90's, is ridiculous.
8) Now while kewlJ throws the word "tout" around as if it's pejorative, let me explain why nobody at Playbook, or McCusker himself, or any of my clients or friends refer to me as a "tout." In the business, a "tout" would mainly be considered a commercial handicapper who loses significantly and/or uses many of the scamdicapper (McCusker's word) tactics like giving multiple clients different games, lying about results, running different services under different names, and so on. "Tout" would be the rough equivalent of "shyster" in lawyering terms. In fact, "shyster" is almost the exact equivalent. It's a pejorative with a purpose. "Tout" and "shyster" have a real equivalency.
9) If I've been interviewed and spelled all this out each and every time, and I've appeared on national newsstands and been read by millions of people in total, then obviously the issue is with kewlJ and his anonymous shyster sidekick. I assume people know what "Tipsters or Gypsters?" was about and what the Wise Guys Contest was about (since it was on those same newsstands). Other people's lack of knowledge on this subject is not really my responsibility.
10) In summary, I'm fine being interviewed anytime by anyone. MrV, I may be able to arrange an interview with YOU on August 5-9 in LV, or on the phone another time. Same goes for the bullshit artist, kewlJ. You want an interview? Be my guest. Obviously, if I'm on board with being interviewed by Munchkin, something called PFA, or the inimitable Axelwolf, or Singer, or MrV or the bullshit artist known as kewlJ, I'm pretty much up for anything.
I'm very pleased 10 bullet points covered this nonsense. Just for the fanboys, I will attempt to find hard copies of some of my first interviews, which I will paste and post, assuming I figure out how. Since I'm cleaning the garage, I should be able to locate some of this stuff.
P.S. Heading to Hard Rock Casino today for the afternoon. Will have lunch and blow a C-Note on Planet Moolah for the hell of it. Anyone wanting to interview me can email me at IntegritySports@aol.com or give me a call, 714-244-6853. Thanks, and have a nice day.
P.S.S. It occurred to me, the two people knowledgeable enough to conduct a really harsh, insightful interview with any "tout" would be Boz and mickey, although mickey lacks certain informational fundamentals, he has the proper orientation and experience. They would be great as adversarial interviewers. A helluva tag team. Something to consider.