chitownsportsfan Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 42 minutes ago, WestEddy said: The thing that really sickens me was the wave of White Sox Twitter influencers posting their bet tickets on Twitter. I have to believe that they were recruited as influencers to bet for free and post, or maybe they weren't. My timeline was littered with team win/HR parlays for a season. If they weren't recruited, it's really *that* fucking addictive. Nah it's all "synergy". Not to be too cynical but the algo has us all at this point. These accounts are just part and parcel. Not that they are the genesis of it, they just pass it along and get paid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 4 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said: No, this will never happen. Gambling would ruin the sanctity of the game. The MLB will never do this. Never, or not in the next twenty years? I see a day where two players are trash talking and one plucks down $20,000 on his team and the other guy ups it to $30,000. All carefully orchestrated and allowed by MLB. In may be a couple decades away but that is the trajectory. It's what the fans want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Popeye Rodriguez gets one year suspension for gambling. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/06/mlb-lifetime-ban-tucupita-marcano-betting-baseball-four-one-year-suspensions.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LittleHurtCG Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 16 hours ago, Y2Jimmy0 said: Again, they aren’t telling their athletes not to gamble. Read the policy. Yep. MLB as an employer has every right to do business with legal sportsbooks and write out a policy that places restirctions on what players and employees of mlb can bet on. If the players or employyes of mlb don't like the company policy, then they are free to find another job. Also, every major sports organization sells booze and has partnerships with companies that produce alcholic beverages. Hell, Nascar has lucrative parternships with beer companies, Doesn't mean that they still don't have a policy that drivers can't participate in races while under the influence of alcholol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 8 hours ago, Texsox said: Never, or not in the next twenty years? I see a day where two players are trash talking and one plucks down $20,000 on his team and the other guy ups it to $30,000. All carefully orchestrated and allowed by MLB. In may be a couple decades away but that is the trajectory. It's what the fans want. Never. The MLB just banned the player (Tucupita Marcano) who bet on his own team for life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 16 hours ago, Y2Jimmy0 said: Again, they aren’t telling their athletes not to gamble. Read the policy. The entire high finance industry exists with the same sorts of stipulations. You can still trade stocks, but many company's prohibit you to trade your own company's stock actively, and the rules 100% block the trading of anything if you have material non-public information which could influence the price of a company. It's the same idea. As a member of a franchise you are the owner of MNPI, and as such you are barred from better on the outcomes connected to that information. It isn't that hard or crazy. Don't bet your team, don't bet baseball. If you bet something else, do it publicly and clearly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said: Never. The MLB just banned the player (Tucupita Marcano) who bet on his own team for life. They also were never putting a team in Vegas. Never partnering with casinos. Never promoting gambling. How many fans want Pete Rose in the HoF? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 1 minute ago, Texsox said: They also were never putting a team in Vegas. Never partnering with casinos. Never promoting gambling. How many fans want Pete Rose in the HoF? Willie Mays was "banned" from baseball in 1979 when he took a job as a greeter in a casino. His contract stipulated he could not bet in that casino, and the casino did not do sports betting. Bowie Kuhn didn't want anything to do with gambling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 32 minutes ago, WestEddy said: Willie Mays was "banned" from baseball in 1979 when he took a job as a greeter in a casino. His contract stipulated he could not bet in that casino, and the casino did not do sports betting. Bowie Kuhn didn't want anything to do with gambling. Times have changed. It's legalized almost everywhere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 17 minutes ago, Texsox said: Times have changed. It's legalized almost everywhere. Right. Just tagging onto your post of how restrictive it used to be compared to now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 1 hour ago, Texsox said: Times have changed. It's legalized almost everywhere. Sure, it’s legal now but I cannot see the MLB ever allowing players to specifically gamble on their own baseball games. It would lead to the result of almost every game being in doubt. Did this or that player intentionally throw this or that game to win their bets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrockway Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 8 hours ago, WestEddy said: Popeye Rodriguez gets one year suspension for gambling. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/06/mlb-lifetime-ban-tucupita-marcano-betting-baseball-four-one-year-suspensions.html That's wild. I think his gross baseball earnings are like $70k and now he's banned for $700 worth of bets. I thought he had more value than to simply be DFA'd, but this might explain something. Tinfoil hat on: Oscar Colas is next. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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