Prop bets have made me question the integrity of most games.

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

It’s too easy to manipulate. If I’m a player and I know I can make $200,000 if I score under 10 points for one game, I’m gonna score 8 and shoot bricks.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

It’s too easy to manipulate. If I’m a player and I know I can make $200,000 if I score under 10 points for one game, I’m gonna score 8 and shoot bricks.

The average salary in the NBA was $11.9M last year. Why risk your career over that lmao. Terry Rozier and Billups are dumb as hell to get involved in that shyt. If it was a fringe player it's a little bit more understandable.

The referees are who I'd suspect out of anyone.

 

[broller]

I feel like it's less likely to happen now than it would have when gambling wasn't legalized nation wide.

I feel when it was more a gambling underworld, there would have been fewer checks and balances , so one could get away with more

 

[Belize King]

Ban prop betting for all but three players per team. Prop bets are stupid. Stupid people do stupid things.

You can bet on any and everything. Nothing will be missed if you can’t bet on how many rebounds Patrick Williams bytch ass will grab on a random Tuesday game against the Wizards.

 

[AceDeuceTrey]

It’s too easy to manipulate. If I’m a player and I know I can make $200,000 if I score under 10 points for one game, I’m gonna score 8 and shoot bricks.

And you’ll be sitting right next to Rozier and Porter in the cell at best; or caught up in mob shyt at worst…

This is dumb easy to trace back to you.

 

[Brian O'Conner]

Country was cooked the moment they legalized gambling and gave tv networks free reign to advertise gambling in between and during games

It’s fukking insane

Tv networks , politicians who ever should be held to a fire whoever is responsible it has ruined society in many ways and ruined the integrity of the sport

Nothing wrong with gambling but the sports networks and leagues shouldn’t have their fukking hand in the pot it’s a HUGE conflict of interest

 

[JealousOnesEn_V]

It’s too easy to manipulate. If I’m a player and I know I can make $200,000 if I score under 10 points for one game, I’m gonna score 8 and shoot bricks.

Or…… you can pick over on yourself , try to actually be good at your job, and then get paid on the bet and potentially a bigger contract maybe?

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

Or…… you can pick over on yourself , try to actually be good at your job, and then get paid on the bet and potentially a bigger contract maybe?

You just proved my point. That’s how easy it is

 

[Harry B]

The difference between now and then is before you gave it to someone who went to Vegas, Indians, or illegal bookies. And they don’t have as good detection systems as the new guys.


So I don’t know why people are more worried about today than back in the days.


Unless you’ve been living under a rock, the two idiots who got caught thus far just proved why it’s damn near impossible to make any real money from it. Cause nobody is betting 6 figures on roziers or Jontay porters minutes. Specially not if all your other bets are 5 bucks.

Back in the days though, before the internet, before date science driven detection systems. Then I could see a lot of weird stuff going on.


Europeans had sports gambling for decades or even a century. Every now and then people get caught cause they try to place too big bets, friends, family etc. which is too easy to detect. Other times it’s the mob extorting people, which they have been doing or trying to do in the US as well.

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

The average salary in the NBA was $11.9M last year. Why risk your career over that lmao. Terry Rozier and Billups are dumb as hell to get involved in that shyt. If it was a fringe player it's a little bit more understandable.

The referees are who I'd suspect out of anyone.

A quick $200,000 is still $200,000.

And players on mid level contracts or who are rol players don’t make that. Then you for expenses that eat into it, child support etc.

At the of the day, money gained that way is off the books and untaxed.

 

[KingsnBucs1987]

Ban prop betting for all but three players per team. Prop bets are stupid. Stupid people do stupid things.

You can bet on any and everything. Nothing will be missed if you can’t bet on how many rebounds Patrick Williams bytch ass will grab on a random Tuesday game against the Wizards.

I forgot who said it, but they made a good suggestion for prop bets, get rid of the unders on everything and make it to where you can only bet the over.

 

[Eye Cue DA COLI GAWD]

A quick $200,000 is still $200,000.

And players on mid level contracts or who are rol players don’t make that. Then you for expenses that eat into it, child support etc.

At the of the day, money gained that way is off the books and untaxed.

Why do you care if someone manipulates a bet for gain? Crying about betting is corny. Keep your money in your pocket if you got a problem with the system

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

Why do you care if someone manipulates a bet for gain? Crying about betting is corny. Keep your money in your pocket if you got a problem with the system

Motherfukker

The reason why sports leagues come down on gambling so hard because people will stop watching if they think it’s rigged.

Why else’s would a nobody like Porter get banned for life. Anything that compromises the integrity of a sport is bad for business and consumer trust.

 

[Soldier]

Motherfukker

The reason why sports leagues come down on gambling so hard because people will stop watching if they think it’s rigged.

Why else’s would a nobody like Porter get banned for life. Anything that compromises the integrity of a sport is bad for business and consumer trust.

Remember when the highly covered Mitchell report exposed to everyone around the world about the heavy steroid use among many professional star baseball players? It inflicted serious and long term damage to the individual records, credibility, image, reputation, standing, authenticity and brand of the MLB for a long time until very recently . The truth is that It’s so hard for any sports league to come back from a huge scandal like that. People won’t trust your product the same way they did before. It’s bad for business. You know the old saying, it takes a lifetime to build a good reputation and five minutes to have a bad one. From then on, It will be hard to get the old fans back, keep the ones who are still here and attract/convert new ones.

For most people, Perception is reality unfortunately. They won’t find professional sports authentic, credible and worth it anymore. What’s the point of emotionally investing yourself in fake/fixed sports and following rigged sports leagues with predetermined favorites? Sports leagues where the scores and outcome of games are decided not because of merit, not because of tough but fair competition between two Teams but because of gambling/betting. And when pure greed and the love of money triumphs over the love of the game, sports become meaningless.

People watch sports for drama, entertainment, to escape from the boredom and problems of real life, people watch sports with the hope to see their favorite/local team win regular season games, divisions, playoff games, conference championships and league championships, for the unpredictability and the possibility of watching meaningful playoff games, suspense, and with the understanding that teams compete fairly between each other under the same rules. People want to see both teams fight each other and see the best team win at the end. They want the sports leagues to Let the best teams win. They want to see the Same rules applied equally at all times to all players and all teams with no exception. That means no rigged outcomes, scripted scenarios, superstar calls, favoritism towards certain players/teams/markets, etc.

Between the non-stop betting that is forced on everybody and the incessant need to hammer everyone with nonstop fanduel/bet99 advertising at every turn, including b*stardizing iconic team jerseys with lame ass ads, the love for what used to be authentic sports experience is being chiseled away from many people. For many people- only habit, cultural and social chauvinism/tribalism, civic pride and nostalgic/happy memories maintain emotional connections and preserve loyalties to local sports franchises at this point, nothing more.

When the main concern is the bottom line (yeah yeah, it's a business) and not the on-ice/field/court product, people will eventually lose interest in sports and disregard it entirely.

Anyway, I think Modern professional sport is terrible sometimes , it feels so corporate and artificial . It is meaningless in so many ways now. At least Back then, professional sport still had respect for the history and legends of its past , still had its traditions, honor, competitive spirit, and pure love of the game. Now it’s a soulless watered down product for fairweathers, bandwagoners, casuals and people with FOMO looking to live out new experiences and chase new vibes/thrills.

With faceless and greedy Corporations owning sports teams, I find the whole thing fake now . The players are mercenaries for the most part and go through the motions in the regular season while getting massive paychecks . To be fair though, if I was in their shoes I would try to get as much money as possible, so I’m not biased or hypocritical. The Career of a professional sports Athlete is very short, I don’t blame them for it, I’m just speaking about it from a fan point of view.

Or maybe I’m just getting older and dont find sports as emotionally, mentally and psychologically exciting/fulfilling anymore. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll always be a sports fan until my death because it’s a deeply ingrained habit of mine at this point, but sometimes it doesn’t hit the same way it used to. I guess when you are too aware of the ugly realities hidden behind the beautiful curtain, you become disillusioned and jaded more or less. That’s why ignorance is bliss.

All facts. They'd essentially start treating sports as sports entertainment and not taking it serious like they do wrestling.

It would turn into the sports version of reality tv. Imagine if professional sports becomes a b*stard child of WWE and reality tv. Keeping up with the Kardashians or Basketball wives on the court, field or ice nobody would take it seriously anymore. It would be a meaningless joke at this point.

 

[Eye Cue DA COLI GAWD]

Motherfukker

The reason why sports leagues come down on gambling so hard because people will stop watching if they think it’s rigged.

Why else’s would a nobody like Porter get banned for life. Anything that compromises the integrity of a sport is bad for business and consumer trust.

This ain't the 1970s no more. Nikkas in the know don't care. Why you think betting is legalized??

Fukk a prop bet