Gambling scandal thread

Cobra Mgr · Yesterday, 03:19 PM

I'm thinking this subject needs its own separate place for discussion. We're going from a scandal a season, to a scandal a month to a scandal a week.

Cleveland pitchers indicted for pitch "rigging".

Westheim · Yesterday, 03:25 PM

To the oubliette with them!

And add the people that bet on individual pitches. How soulless can you be?

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Déjà Bru · Yesterday, 03:26 PM

I'm not sure that we should segregate this topic from the sports in which it is occurring. It's part of those sports now and it should not be segregated or otherwise swept under the rug. People who are following MLB, for example, should have this in their face; this is what happens when fools are allowed to rule.

Incidentally, this is the first weekend for as far back as I can remember that I watched no sports. No sports at all.

LD84 · Yesterday, 03:27 PM

As someone who bets on sports.
Betting on the next pitch being a ball or strike is borderline sociopathic.

Cobra Mgr · Yesterday, 03:36 PM

I think the totality of the crisis is missed when each individual incident is separated from the others. The Rozier situation looks like an NBA problem. The above situation looks like a baseball problem. The 6 college players who were banned looks like an NCAA problem. But put them all together and now we know sports betting, especially based on individual performances, is the problem.

That is why I made the JUSTICE thread. When you see every isolated event in a group, the magnitude of the situation is exposed.

ForeverRoyalKC · Yesterday, 04:28 PM

Simply, simply stupid, stupid f'n idiots. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

Amazin69 · Yesterday, 05:08 PM

There is no rule, AFAIK, that says a subject can't be discussed in multiple threads. Otherwise I'd be in trouble every time I complained about the Mets in a different thread.

monkeyman576 · Yesterday, 05:35 PM

If you don't like a thread don't click on it. No childhood trauma there.

I don't know how athletes can be so dumb to accept approches by gamblers. This is like Ethics 101, plus, you're a multi millionaire usually.

Déjà Bru · Yesterday, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cobra Mgr

I think the totality of the crisis is missed when each individual incident is separated from the others. The Rozier situation looks like an NBA problem. The above situation looks like a baseball problem. The 6 college players who were banned looks like an NCAA problem. But put them all together and now we know sports betting, especially based on individual performances, is the problem.

That is why I made the JUSTICE thread. When you see every isolated event in a group, the magnitude of the situation is exposed.

You make a good point. I will allow myself to wax optimistic even if only momentarily: Maybe some good will come from this. (That is, your thread in microcosm and public attention in macrocosm). Many, many more people are going to be needed to not only speak out but to BOYCOTT . . .

There, I said it. Boycott.

Cobra Mgr · Today, 08:07 PM

Thought I posted this earlier (must have forgot to press send).

MLB & gambling sites agree to limit wagers on pitch bets.

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Cobra Mgr Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Parts unknown Posts: 8,610	Gambling scandal thread I'm thinking this subject needs its own separate place for discussion. We're going from a scandal a season, to a scandal a month to a scandal a week. Cleveland pitchers indicted for pitch "rigging". __________________ If a man is guilty 4 what goes on inside of his mind, then let me get the electric chair 4 all my future crimes. - Prince Batdance June 7, 1958 - Apr 21, 2016 Don't fall for the spin

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Yesterday, 03:26 PM	#3
Déjà Bru Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Long Island Posts: 11,737	I'm not sure that we should segregate this topic from the sports in which it is occurring. It's part of those sports now and it should not be segregated or otherwise swept under the rug. People who are following MLB, for example, should have this in their face; this is what happens when fools are allowed to rule. Incidentally, this is the first weekend for as far back as I can remember that I watched no sports. No sports at all. __________________ - Bru

Yesterday, 03:36 PM	#5
Cobra Mgr Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Parts unknown Posts: 8,610	I think the totality of the crisis is missed when each individual incident is separated from the others. The Rozier situation looks like an NBA problem. The above situation looks like a baseball problem. The 6 college players who were banned looks like an NCAA problem. But put them all together and now we know sports betting, especially based on individual performances, is the problem. That is why I made the JUSTICE thread. When you see every isolated event in a group, the magnitude of the situation is exposed. __________________ If a man is guilty 4 what goes on inside of his mind, then let me get the electric chair 4 all my future crimes. - Prince Batdance June 7, 1958 - Apr 21, 2016 Don't fall for the spin

Today, 08:07 PM	#10
Cobra Mgr Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Parts unknown Posts: 8,610	Thought I posted this earlier (must have forgot to press send). MLB & gambling sites agree to limit wagers on pitch bets. __________________ If a man is guilty 4 what goes on inside of his mind, then let me get the electric chair 4 all my future crimes. - Prince Batdance June 7, 1958 - Apr 21, 2016 Don't fall for the spin

Yesterday, 03:27 PM	#4
LD84 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Aug 2024 Location: Zürich, Switzerland Posts: 224	As someone who bets on sports. Betting on the next pitch being a ball or strike is borderline sociopathic.

Yesterday, 04:28 PM	#6
ForeverRoyalKC All Star Starter Join Date: May 2015 Location: Hop, skip and a jump from Pomme De Terre Lake, MO. Posts: 1,206	Simply, simply stupid, stupid f'n idiots. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

Yesterday, 05:08 PM	#7
Amazin69 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Palmetto Pride! Posts: 4,118 Infractions: 0/2 (2)	There is no rule, AFAIK, that says a subject can't be discussed in multiple threads. Otherwise I'd be in trouble every time I complained about the Mets in a different thread.

Yesterday, 05:35 PM	#8
monkeyman576 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 3,602	If you don't like a thread don't click on it. No childhood trauma there. I don't know how athletes can be so dumb to accept approches by gamblers. This is like Ethics 101, plus, you're a multi millionaire usually.