#gambling-scandal

#gambling-scandal

They're like, 'You make X amount of money or X, Y and Z, you should be able to deal with all the extra negativity, the people approaching you about the parlays,' Brown said Friday at Madison Square Garden before the Celtics face the New York Knicks. 'It creates a negative discourse around the game and players when people have money involved. ... It's leading to situations that we can avoid if more conversations were had right now.'

Players are trying their best to win; the games are on the level. If you lose that, if the games are fixed or the players are motivated by something other than the competition, the whole thing collapses. (This is why sports gambling was banned for nearly 100 years after the Black Sox scandal; it was understood by everyone involved, until very recently, that players and coaches gambling on their own games was sports' third rail.) There's no reason to watch a game you can't believe

We all know the rules. We all know the letter of the law, and it's just unfortunate. You know, innocent to proven guilty, but usually, when the FBI has something, they have you I know a lot of people in the FBI. I've been in many of those investigations. They'll wait two, three, four, five years, but when they come knocking on your door, they have something.