The NHL gambling scandal

Alex · 02-09-2006, 10:35 AM

Eh, Michael Jordan engaged in illegal gambling all the time and it was pretty openly known. Rich athletes (generally) love to gamble and will do so at just about every opportunity. If the coach was running a bookmaking operation then I suppose that needs to be punished but I don't really care about the people placing bets (and since gambling should be fully legal I actually don't really care about the bookmaking, either).

As long as they weren't betting on NHL games.

Also, I like to think that baseball banned Pete Rose simply because he is an asshole and the gambling is a convenient excuse. Believing that gives me a warm fuzzy.

02-09-2006, 10:35 AM	#5
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Eh, Michael Jordan engaged in illegal gambling all the time and it was pretty openly known. Rich athletes (generally) love to gamble and will do so at just about every opportunity. If the coach was running a bookmaking operation then I suppose that needs to be punished but I don't really care about the people placing bets (and since gambling should be fully legal I actually don't really care about the bookmaking, either). As long as they weren't betting on NHL games. Also, I like to think that baseball banned Pete Rose simply because he is an asshole and the gambling is a convenient excuse. Believing that gives me a warm fuzzy.
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