Yes I’m surprised.
I’m surprised that considering the big money these players make nowadays, that they would risk that for being involved in a gambling scheme.
Once sports gambling became semi-legal, this sort of thing became inevitable.
I’m not.
I don’t think it’s about the money (well, not entirely) at a certain point, it’s about the “thrill” and at a certain point, it can then also be easy to get into a spot of trouble.
I hate that Fanduel and other online betting is so omnipresent - every damn game features every other commercial. Now, they even have their own bars and attachments to stadiums.
This was inevitable.
You can’t expect to constantly be splashing every element of every game with online better and then be surprised when a bunch of 20somethings, many of whom aren’t particularly educated, decide to partake.
Still, I’m an absolutist: Banned for life. I never expect nor want to see either Clase or Ortiz pitch in MLB again.
That’s about the only thing baseball can do since it sold its soul to the gambling devil. Better if they detached but since they won’t? The eternal banhammer is the only way to keep it at least limited.