That's what we gamblers - I'm a gambler - call a proposition.
Let's see....take the sure $25 that he owes me now or risk it in a game in which he already has a slight lead....Hmmmm
Don't have to think about that one too long.
I ACCEPT
It'll be worth $25 to be entertained by all the whining you'll do every time you have a bad day or someone gets injured or you have the wrong guy on the bench, or a dozen other things that you'll find to whine up a storm about. :p