Last April, the NBA issued its first lifetime ban for gambling in 70 years to Jontay Porter
Guess he didn’t have the option to go play baseball for a few years.
The what?
OK some don't, but enough to make it a viable business? It's like saying horse racing could be profitable just from selling tickets. At least the tracks aren't hypocrites about it.
This ain’t new.
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The worst part is not the "fixing" it is the fact that so many young'uns believe that they can make a living by sports betting.
As an ex-bettor that bet tens of thousands during my typical weekend for several decades, I can testify that the reasons that there are bright lights in all of the casinos in the world, is that the "mooks" pay for them, and I was a giant MOOK.
I was also successful in business and that prevented me from going tap city, but I urinated away multiples of millions before either sanity or senility stopped the negative cash flow.
There is no way to beat the "bookies", regardless if they hang out on the street corner bars in Pittsburgh or own a glitzy gambling joint in Vegas...they win.
I know, don't believe me, try it.
It would shock me if gambling wasn’t rampant in every major pro sport......players betting on or against their own team wouldn’t surprise me either.
After all, turning a blind eye to bad actors is what I’ve observed the nfl and nba doing quite well over the years.
The NBA, pffft. I’d rather watch Caitlin Clark play basketball.
Betting scandals will be the ruination of professional sport... Betting has been going on since sport began.. But now you can bet in ‘real’ time... Will he make the next basket? Will he hit the next pitch? Will it be a fastball?
You name it... It’s all up for grabs and computer tech makes it instantaneous. Betting has never been easier nor more pervasive.
The NBA ceased to be a sport and became a show in the early 2000’s. Might as well bet on the WWE.
I didn’t know the NBA had translators as well !
And Michael Jordan escaped by becoming a baseball player.
Go figure.....
NBA referee Tim Donaghy bet on the games he was officiating. I worked in the sport a bit; one other official said Donaghy didn’t affect the outcomes of games, just the point spreads.
That doesn’t affect the sport, just the gamblers.
I don’t know ask Michael Jordan. Also ask him about what to do to players who palm the ball and travel all the time.