Sports getting in bed with sports betting will not end well period

These prop bets on random 2 way players is just a scandal waiting to happen. I’d honestly be pretty shocked if Porter is the first player that’s attempted this. He’s just the first to get caught

@dmichael100

2 ай бұрын

Exactly. Its pretty clear that the wise thing to do is remove prop bets on individual players. There are plenty of things to bet on without them and they are uniquely structured to be corrupted.

@richardrojas4774

2 ай бұрын

@@dmichael100individual props are the best props your tripping

@medved4030

2 ай бұрын

Greedy bookies got hurt at their own game. I couldn't care less for them.

You’d think inconsistent referee a bigger threat.

The NBA generated $10.6 billion in revenue last season. Is $167 million in gambling revenue really worth it for taking an existential risk?

@lionelreyna

2 ай бұрын

Ask Jontay Porter.

@thisistheplan414

2 ай бұрын

Ask Adam Silverman

@SomeChink

2 ай бұрын

Existential risk is definitely hyperbole

@t.k.1319

2 ай бұрын

It’s an existential threat to Porter, not the league. The Journalists are just saying that for Clickbait bc they got the scoop. They will suspend this guy for life and the league will move on. No one will be talking about it by the time we get to the conference finals.

@pretzelhunt

2 ай бұрын

Everything's bigger in Taxes.

Meanwhile every sports league promotes betting sites during the broadcast, so they are reaping what they sow.

I don't understand. They say don't gamble but you literally can’t go two seconds without seeing a betting ad

@bbb4228

2 ай бұрын

It’s really not that hard.

@fonzeee3516

2 ай бұрын

@@bbb4228 and like alcohol, it’s only going to cause more problems later watch

@t.k.1319

2 ай бұрын

If the players have that little self control they shouldn’t be professional athletes.

@dmichael100

2 ай бұрын

Its not hard to figure out. Fans can bet in all kinds of ways- but PLAYERS cannot. The ads have got nothing to do with it. If you are a professional athlete, that's just one place you can't go. Plenty of players find some way to withstand the advertisements just fine.

@youdosuck

2 ай бұрын

Clearly you don't.

How about just not be in bed with sports betting period it’s a stupid decision

You have to eliminate individual prop betting, if you limit the betting to team bets itll eliminate a rouge player from doing this in the future.

All the cracks are forming in sports betting. I just wonder what’s gonna make it crack

I’m all for gambling existing but the way it has pervaded all aspects of sports discourse is gross.

@spencerj4677

2 ай бұрын

Yes. It's very odd. Out of nowhere even sports show either radio or TV is talking lines

You get in bed with dogs, you get fleas. NBA, MLB, NFL, NHL got in bed with gambling. This is inevitable and just the start.

@Socr8tes77

2 ай бұрын

Totally agree it’s the dumbest thing these leagues could’ve done. Is mak8ng some money now worth destroying the leagues forever I don’t think so

@justinsalzl1517

2 ай бұрын

@@Socr8tes77we as fans don’t think so, but the business of the nba just sees dollar signs in a short term gain. Most of these businesses would step over their own mother to increase their profits today by 1 cent.

LOL... NBA and integrity dont belong in the same sentence.

Suspend him for a year without pay. Or suspend him permanently.

@MRkriegs

2 ай бұрын

How about an investigation first

Prop betting is much more of an existential threat to the NCAA

@dmichael100

2 ай бұрын

Absolutely- because for most of the players, assistant coaches, trainers, etc.-the money would be a very real temptation.

The NBA is totally bereft of integrity. Has been for a decade plus.

Life time ban. Don't mess around Silver.

This is one of the best breakdowns of the situation with just the facts.

@Chudsic

2 ай бұрын

except for the bozo who said that 450k is good money to play in the NBA, which is idiotic

@ronaldpinson2236

2 ай бұрын

@@ChudsicHe said most people would believe that…in reference to fans

Gambling firms flagged this to the NBA. Let’s be clear - that’s insane.

@belindarobinson2123

2 ай бұрын

Only because he cost them money.

Greed will destroy all!

Player props is now the easiest to fix

Previously, prop bets weren't available except for top end players.

ALL professional SPORTS (MLB, NBA, NFL) have no integrity, but people are so ignorant and emotionally attached to a specific team that they'll still buy tickets and go support their team. The owners THANK YOU!

@chrisolivo6591

2 ай бұрын

100% agree. Most people I talk to at work haven’t even followed the Ohtani scandal. I’m in shock at how many people still pay for season tickets in sports as these aren’t rich corporations.

Legal gambling is the main reason this got caught. This type of activity could have gone on much longet without detection if sports betting was still illegal. This is why we should legalize and regulate recreational drugs. When someone mixes fentynol in with other drugs, there should be consequences. Illegal drug manufacturers don't care.

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Betting company loses money. Whips NBA. NBA suspends a fringe NBA'er with no evidence other then Daddy lost money. A threat to the NBA indeed.

NBA said, if anyone is going to be fixing games, its gonna be me!

Here's a thought, stop taking fucking props on stats from the game, you should be betting on wins and losses not minutia like how a bench players statistics track.

The NBA commissioner wanted sports betting to be legalized because he knew legal sports bookies hate losing and will flag any unusual betting which cost them money. Porter is an idiot to risk his career.

Basketball is the easiest game to throw, it has scandals every few years.

The leagues deserve this! Also, the Ohtani situation showd it isn't just the legal sites they have to worry about. Also, organized crime can wash money through gambling.

There are tons of gambling addicts in all of these sports … and eventually an addict is gonna take the easiest road to win .. which is betting on yourself This is just beginning

The legal betting companies are saying this is how they are better for tracking this. But when it was illegal they maybe had over and under's on player's stats for superstars, not regular players and certainly not bench guys you never even heard of. They didn't have things live betting on Div 2 games or women's games. If someone was smart and didn't bet too much, I don't see how they could be stopped.

How can the NBA lose integrity when they never had it?

@elmalloc

2 ай бұрын

MLB never had it either. NFL neither, easy to see how rigged it is with the terrible ref calls at key times.

@ralphgabriel2363

2 ай бұрын

Integrity is not in their dictionary.@@elmalloc

@GothamCityStills

2 ай бұрын

This is such an on the money comment.

@Idlewyld

2 ай бұрын

I went to 2 consecutive Spurs playoff games and saw the refs call the games completely different. That's when I stopped going to NBA games.

The irony of the NBA being upset about gambling is insane.

@dmichael100

2 ай бұрын

The NBA isn't upset about just "gambling"-; they have no problem with fans gambling- which is what they want. What they have a problem with is PLAYERS GAMBLING - period. And all the players know this rule and understand why they are prohibited from taking part. If Jontay Porter (or any player) took this risk- it is the height of folly.

Ban gambling. Problem solved.

@mitchelllee879

2 ай бұрын

Professionals job is hard as it is. Do you really want money on your head too?

If you're going to investigate a player, the same equal amount of measures will need to be made on the officials, because we've been speculating that NBA refs call the games based on what Vegas and the odds want

Anybody who does what Porter has been accused of should be banned for life.

'A Player"? Thats adorable. The NBA has become predetermined entertainment like the WWE.

Chris Mannix ? As in Mannix's Marauders?

The only real option for the NBA is life time ban if this actually happened.

Explain to me how he is manipulating the game if he is sitting himself out, instead of chucking games or playing poorly to hurt his team? All his actions did was give minutes to another player. NBA didn't raise red flags, The bookies did when they saw it was coming out of their pockets.

Lol porter should of just brick his shots when he played. Would of been less suspicious haha 😄

Refs manipulate the outcome of the game all the time to reward fouls to star players.

The NBA players have developed a reputation for wanting more money but doing less, I’m betting there’s more than just 1 player offside here.

@ronaldpinson2236

2 ай бұрын

Every employee is attempting to get the most amount of money for the least amount of work…

@8snowman88

2 ай бұрын

@@ronaldpinson2236 maybe a 9-5er but in pro sports, I don’t hear MLB players asking for less playing time nor NHLers asking for less ice time.

I actually wouldn't mind players being able to bet on their team to win, as long as it was public in advance. Could be fun. The individual prop bets are the most problematic.

@johnmcho

2 ай бұрын

It's already done by publicly traded companies when they disclose CEO and Board member stock transactions. Most of the time it's a yawn, but some use it as a signal to buy or sell a stock.

@kaptainkush4351

2 ай бұрын

Athletes should not be allowed to bet on sports at all, if someone can't make the trade off of not gambling on sports to make millions of dollars, then they have a serious problem and should be banned from the league. They all have friends on other teams, in other sports, etc... There will be nothing but constant issues as long as they allow the players/staff to bet on sports. And if the NBA is only making 167 million a year split 30 ways it's about $5.5 million per team, is it worth the bad press and headaches? It's greed at its finest and it will destroy the leagues.

@kaptainkush4351

2 ай бұрын

Plus you have to worry about players becoming degenerates which can lead to betting with illegal bookies which can lead to debt, blackmail, cheating or worse. It's just bad all around for the integrity of sports.

@thesean3194

2 ай бұрын

The issue is players throwing the game on purpose to get cash or some other outcome. It’s bad for organized sports period. Pro sports is already hanging by a thread integrity wise.

Integrity of the game??? There is no integrity in the NBA whatsoever. I'm not even sure how you call people that bounce a ball off the floor and jump, athletes. It's no wonder how this league is struggling mightily.

The Chris Mannix bloke is a bit dramatic isn’t he

Stop promoting sports betting with your leagues.

It’s been about 10 years since the “integrity of the game” has been six feet under. They barely try to hide the fact that they are pro wrestling adjacent. Just watch how the officiating goes with the Lakers and Dubs in this year’s play in. It already started tonight. Any smart bettor will go with the team/player who makes $$$ for the league if they win/succeed.

The NBA is no different than WWE… these games are fixed and have been for years. Just look at the calls. Trash league now

If Chris Mannix needs to bet on the 3rd period of a Bruins game, I guarantee he bets more than that. These people are so full of crap as everyone has blood on their hands in gambling today. I know so many people that gamble and simply cause they need the ‘action’ when they watch sports.

The refs turning into tiktokers aint helping the integrity of the NBA either.

This guy is a 2 way gleaguer he couldn’t manipulate the game if he tried .. Way too much for so little.. He’s trying to throw away the cake bcuz it’s smaller or sum other small detail n that is what a gleaguer leaving the game early…

All bets need to be made in person. The accessibility to bet through your phone is too dangerous.

Greatness never has to bet on itself

Chris, Rich, relax. We already know that the NBA is fixed. It has been for quite a while.

Y'all must think we're naive or something. Refs have been gambling on games, and more players have bet on themselves before Cook. This isn't just a one time thing, it just got so sloppy and egregious it was noticeable

What are you going on about? All the refs are making coin on the props ...

Nba being rigged.... say it ain't so 😂

400 minus takes in Canada only 200 thousand not that much for an nba player

This is only controlled if the gambling companies themselves oversee and report . . . . Otherwise, they kill their own Golden Goose.

The man needs to lay off the booze. This is a face of a boozer.

@NobleVagabond2552

2 ай бұрын

Lol

This has been going on in the new NBA for years. The smart players never get caught.

@lionelreyna

2 ай бұрын

I would've just chucked bad 3's 🤣

Send the NBA to China.

League is dismal. Ratings terrible.

LOL JOntay POrter is not determining a game because he pretended to have an injury to make sure he got the under.

I would say the bigger threat is the NBA caring more about the Chinese government than the American market. The peoples republic of the NBA 😂

I can't watch the NBA anymore.

Adam Silvers NBA.

@rubaiyat300

2 ай бұрын

Shrug. Stern was on duty during Tim Donaghy.

@softjones3128

2 ай бұрын

@@rubaiyat300shrug. The league was watchable then.

The Tim Donagy scandal didnt kill the game, some nobody wont affect the game, stop the over exaggeration... where were these NFL is gonna die conversations with Ridley? The jags assistant?

The best way to deal with this is make it so every NBA player gets an equal salary

LOL... NBA and integrity dont belong in the same sentence.

LOL... NBA and integrity dont belong in the same sentence.