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OT: The Toronto Blue Jays

axlsalinger said:
www.usatoday.com

MLB bans Tucupita Marcano for life after gambling probe; 4 other players get one-year suspensions

MLB handing out discipline is a pivotal moment for the league’s simultaneous embrace of and policing legalized sports betting.
www.usatoday.com

Major League Baseball on Tuesday banned infielder Tucupita Marcano for life after he placed bets on games involving his team and issued one-year bans to four other players who bet on MLB games, in a pivotal moment for the league’s simultaneous embrace and policing of legalized sports betting.

Four more players, including Andrew Saalfrank, a member of the National League pennant-winning Arizona Diamondbacks, received one-year bans for betting on MLB games, occurring in a period spanning July 2020 and July 2022. None of the players appealed the rulings, MLB said.

Jay Groome, a former top Red Sox prospect now in the Padres system, placed 24 of his 32 bets on the Red Sox while he was in their minor league system.

Oakland Athletics pitcher Michael Kelly, who has appeared in 46 major league games for Cleveland, Philadelphia and the A’s since 2022, placed 10 bets on MLB games in October 2021 when he was a member of the Astros organization.

Phillies minor league infielder Jose Rodriguez placed three bets on college baseball games and 28 bets on MLB games on Sept. 30, 2021 and between June 5 and June 30, 2022, when he was in the White Sox organization.
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buncha dummies
 
Very foolish if the player.

But also this era we’re in, where sports broadcasts are basically extended gambling ads, is making this crackdown on sports gambling seem very weird.
 
manny said:
Very foolish if the player.

But also this era we’re in, where sports broadcasts are basically extended gambling ads, is making this crackdown on sports gambling seem very weird.
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Seems to be a popular opinion on Twitter, but is it really that weird? Is "Bet on anything you want, except for your own sport, and if you do, for the love of God, NEVER EVER bet on your own team," really that hard to understand?

As someone put it on Twitter, did people really spend the last 100 years understanding that you can't bet on your own team for reasons that are obvious to even a toddler, but it's impossible to resist now in 2024 because you saw an ad for DraftKings?
 
They’re aggressively pushing betting on the sport and at the same time imposing the most draconian penalties in league history for… betting on the sport.

Obviously betting on your own games is stupid. Obviously the punishments need to be substantial to protect the apparent integrity of the games. But the leagues look hypocritical for promoting betting so aggressively, and at the same time coming down harder on players for betting than they do for any other behaviour, ever.
 
People in general think sports betting is fun. Our baseball league is encouraging fans to bet on games. You, as a baseball player, are free to bet on pro basketball, football, hockey, soccer, tennis, golf, volleyball, auto racing, college basketball, football, volleyball, hockey etc, lawn darts, roulette, craps, slots, blackjack, horse racing, Olympic events, elections, table tennis, and on and on and on. Just don't bet on the one sport you play professionally, and if you can't even do that, for the love of God, NEVER EVER bet on your own team. Remember what happened to Pete Rose, the same will happen to you if you do this one thing for reasons that are obvious even to an amoeba. Yes, even if you see an ad for Fanduel on tv, never ever do this one thing ....

... is really not that hard to understand.
 
axlsalinger said:
People in general think sports betting is fun. Our baseball league is encouraging fans to bet on games. You, as a baseball player, are free to bet on pro basketball, football, hockey, soccer, tennis, golf, volleyball, auto racing, college basketball, football, volleyball, hockey etc, lawn darts, roulette, craps, slots, blackjack, horse racing, Olympic events, elections, table tennis, and on and on and on. Just don't bet on the one sport you play professionally, and if you can't even do that, for the love of God, NEVER EVER bet on your own team. Remember what happened to Pete Rose, the same will happen to you if you do this one thing for reasons that are obvious even to an amoeba. Yes, even if you see an ad for Fanduel on tv, never ever do this one thing ....

... is really not that hard to understand.
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Exactly unless your a stupid fuck
 
axlsalinger said:
... is really not that hard to understand.
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FFS

This is a difference of perspective, ok? I think it’s funny/ironic/hypocritical that leagues are meting out punishments seen a handful of times in sports history for players engaging in the same activity these leagues are aggressively promoting.

You don’t agree. Cool. Leave it there.

This is not yet another thing you have to axlsplain.
 
axlsalinger said:
People in general think sports betting is fun. Our baseball league is encouraging fans to bet on games. You, as a baseball player, are free to bet on pro basketball, football, hockey, soccer, tennis, golf, volleyball, auto racing, college basketball, football, volleyball, hockey etc, lawn darts, roulette, craps, slots, blackjack, horse racing, Olympic events, elections, table tennis, and on and on and on. Just don't bet on the one sport you play professionally, and if you can't even do that, for the love of God, NEVER EVER bet on your own team. Remember what happened to Pete Rose, the same will happen to you if you do this one thing for reasons that are obvious even to an amoeba. Yes, even if you see an ad for Fanduel on tv, never ever do this one thing ....

... is really not that hard to understand.
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Hard to turn down when you are winning almost 5 percent of your bets
 
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