That’s what I’m talking about. Somebody earning more in one season than most people earn in a working lifetime, is putting that at risk for some half baked gambling scheme.
They are usually gamblers themselves who have dug a deep hole for themselves in gambling losses. Their bookie then suggests an easy way to wipe out those losses. Why do they still use bookies in the era of legalized gambling? Bookies extend credit. And a bookie will give a pro athlete all the credit in the world until he owns him.