All time is wasted, it's just how you spend to choose it.
I'm confident that you are aware that your not going change opinion, even if for example we found out that Geelong using PED that PJAYS or Fadge will not change their minds.
You say you want to know for betting purposes what people think but you already only that regardless of what happens some people think their club/choice is the best no matter what. So the information you gain now will not help with betting, there is no new information been brought to you.
I suppose I look at it slightly differently Roby. I would like to think I am not debating so much to change other people’s views as to change, or sharpen, my own. If I do something along the way to help the likes of PJays and Fadge view things differently, then I just see that as "collateral repair."