Where was the nice piece written? I didn't see anything in The Offshore Forum. I'd really like to find out more!
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Frank Mathews:
Gone But Never Forgotten
Frank Mathews passed away on Sunday night, peacefully in his sleep.
We will put the site back to normal at 3pm Est. We will also have a moment of silence at 3pm Est for Frank The King Mathews - join us wherever you are!
I was a consultant, teaching companies about customer service and marketing and hating my job, when I first heard about Frank Mathews. I had never been in the handicapping industry and literally knew nothing about it. I had just raised some money to start a business idea and a lawyer friend of mine told me about Frank. The story I got, was that Frank was the best handicapper ever, with an amazing radio voice, but very little ability to market himself. To make a long story short, I flew down to Tampa Bay to meet Frank and ended up buying his company and getting a personal services contract from him. That was the start of who2beton and my wonderful experience learning from him (and JB, must give credit where credit is due) about this industry and more importantly about how to bet. JB says it best in his piece below, where he says that this site could not have been built without Frank. For that matter, I will add that we built this company on Frank's hard work and amazing writing. It was the start of what separated us from the rest.
Frank was as man a man as you can find. There is not a guy out there that would not like Frank Mathews. In his mid 40's Frank was as old as the 20 year old girls he dated with. He was as old as Creed and Nickleback and the other Grunge Bands he listened to and went to concerts to. He was as old as the as a kid watching sports all day long and as old as the guy he was standing next to at the 4 Day Rave he went to this summer. Frank lived a dream life. He graduated from West Virginia University with a journalism degree and immediately went to work as a Linesmaker. He told me crazy stories about going to work at 3am and sitting in smoky rooms with sheets of paper trying to establish what the lines will be. In his youth, he used to talk about winning thousands of dollars and losing it all the next day. He hated mistakes and held himself to an exceptionally high regard. He then worked for some big name capping groups and took his show to the airwaves in Philadelphia and Las Vegas. During his 20 plus years of handicapping, Frank wrote books and articles and was one of the most read handicappers in the world. In his early years, he won hundreds of awards and accolades and got offered incredible jobs from some of the biggest capper services in the world. Frank always said no, as he never wanted to work for anyone and simply didn't trust people. He started a small company and built a living as a handicapper. He basically disappeared of the scene for 5 years, living off his small customer base, until I entered his life.
Frank and I put a lot of trust and faith in each other. He was the first handicapper and if he left in the early years, we would close. I had very little to pay him and he sacrificed for us. Frank for some reason believed me and put his trust in me. I promised him that I would build the biggest handicapping service in the world and that he would be a very famous man. All he had to do was trust me. He always laughed at me when I said this and told me he heard it all before. But somehow, he agreed. The trust that Frank showed in me was an anomaly in this day and age. He truly took a small salary and sacrificed at the beginning to make this project work. There are very few people who put as much faith in others as Frank put in me. That leaves an indelible mark on me forever. I consider him family.
On New Years eve, Frank called me to wish me a happy New Year. He told me he was proud of me and of what I have done in 3 years. He told me that he was very excited about the future and asked if I would meet him in Las Vegas after March Madness for a weekend of celebration.
I never had a chance to say goodbye to Frank. The last thing he said to me was, the Oakland/Jets game would go Under. He was right. A week before he passed away, he begged me to get a daily online radio show for the company. He pleaded with me. He passed away 10 hours before the first show was to begin.
I promised Frank I would make Who2beton the biggest service in the world and nothing will change. Our relationship was one of teacher and student, of businessman and wild man. He was the teacher and the wild man and we truly let each other do our stuff and trusted each other implicitly.
I don't know what to say, other than to give thanks to Frank for teaching me and trusting me. For being my friend and for working so hard.
He has left behind a daughter. I am in the process of getting an address for flowers etc, to be sent. Please bare with me, his family is in transit and I would prefer to wait a few days, before contacting them. In all seriousness, if Frank was giving a last sentence, this is what it would have been: "Did any of your other cappers go 18-5 in NFL Best Bets all Year?"
You will never be forgotten Frank. Thanks for everything.
In the words of Jerry Garcia, "In a bed, in a bed, by the water side my he rest his head, listen to the music sing sweet songs, to rock his soul". Rest in Peace.
If you would like to add your thoughts, please email us at admin@who2beton.com.
Gone But Never Forgotten
Frank Mathews passed away on Sunday night, peacefully in his sleep.
We will put the site back to normal at 3pm Est. We will also have a moment of silence at 3pm Est for Frank The King Mathews - join us wherever you are!
I was a consultant, teaching companies about customer service and marketing and hating my job, when I first heard about Frank Mathews. I had never been in the handicapping industry and literally knew nothing about it. I had just raised some money to start a business idea and a lawyer friend of mine told me about Frank. The story I got, was that Frank was the best handicapper ever, with an amazing radio voice, but very little ability to market himself. To make a long story short, I flew down to Tampa Bay to meet Frank and ended up buying his company and getting a personal services contract from him. That was the start of who2beton and my wonderful experience learning from him (and JB, must give credit where credit is due) about this industry and more importantly about how to bet. JB says it best in his piece below, where he says that this site could not have been built without Frank. For that matter, I will add that we built this company on Frank's hard work and amazing writing. It was the start of what separated us from the rest.
Frank was as man a man as you can find. There is not a guy out there that would not like Frank Mathews. In his mid 40's Frank was as old as the 20 year old girls he dated with. He was as old as Creed and Nickleback and the other Grunge Bands he listened to and went to concerts to. He was as old as the as a kid watching sports all day long and as old as the guy he was standing next to at the 4 Day Rave he went to this summer. Frank lived a dream life. He graduated from West Virginia University with a journalism degree and immediately went to work as a Linesmaker. He told me crazy stories about going to work at 3am and sitting in smoky rooms with sheets of paper trying to establish what the lines will be. In his youth, he used to talk about winning thousands of dollars and losing it all the next day. He hated mistakes and held himself to an exceptionally high regard. He then worked for some big name capping groups and took his show to the airwaves in Philadelphia and Las Vegas. During his 20 plus years of handicapping, Frank wrote books and articles and was one of the most read handicappers in the world. In his early years, he won hundreds of awards and accolades and got offered incredible jobs from some of the biggest capper services in the world. Frank always said no, as he never wanted to work for anyone and simply didn't trust people. He started a small company and built a living as a handicapper. He basically disappeared of the scene for 5 years, living off his small customer base, until I entered his life.
Frank and I put a lot of trust and faith in each other. He was the first handicapper and if he left in the early years, we would close. I had very little to pay him and he sacrificed for us. Frank for some reason believed me and put his trust in me. I promised him that I would build the biggest handicapping service in the world and that he would be a very famous man. All he had to do was trust me. He always laughed at me when I said this and told me he heard it all before. But somehow, he agreed. The trust that Frank showed in me was an anomaly in this day and age. He truly took a small salary and sacrificed at the beginning to make this project work. There are very few people who put as much faith in others as Frank put in me. That leaves an indelible mark on me forever. I consider him family.
On New Years eve, Frank called me to wish me a happy New Year. He told me he was proud of me and of what I have done in 3 years. He told me that he was very excited about the future and asked if I would meet him in Las Vegas after March Madness for a weekend of celebration.
I never had a chance to say goodbye to Frank. The last thing he said to me was, the Oakland/Jets game would go Under. He was right. A week before he passed away, he begged me to get a daily online radio show for the company. He pleaded with me. He passed away 10 hours before the first show was to begin.
I promised Frank I would make Who2beton the biggest service in the world and nothing will change. Our relationship was one of teacher and student, of businessman and wild man. He was the teacher and the wild man and we truly let each other do our stuff and trusted each other implicitly.
I don't know what to say, other than to give thanks to Frank for teaching me and trusting me. For being my friend and for working so hard.
He has left behind a daughter. I am in the process of getting an address for flowers etc, to be sent. Please bare with me, his family is in transit and I would prefer to wait a few days, before contacting them. In all seriousness, if Frank was giving a last sentence, this is what it would have been: "Did any of your other cappers go 18-5 in NFL Best Bets all Year?"
You will never be forgotten Frank. Thanks for everything.
In the words of Jerry Garcia, "In a bed, in a bed, by the water side my he rest his head, listen to the music sing sweet songs, to rock his soul". Rest in Peace.
If you would like to add your thoughts, please email us at admin@who2beton.com.
Thanks man...I never knew all that...I didn't even know his real name, but he was great!
Was his death natural causes?
Who wrote that?
It was very touching..no doubt!
Was his death natural causes?
Who wrote that?
It was very touching..no doubt!
