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Running athletes busted for gambling thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Inky_Wretch, May 8, 2023.

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  1. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    Dude on the other team bet on Bevo and they still lost 30-7? Back to the hot seat Sark.
     
    dixiehack, Aug 10, 2023
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  2. exmediahack

    exmediahack Well-Known Member

    A serious question. Is this approaching a point where Iowa State needs to not play this year?
     
    exmediahack, Aug 10, 2023
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  3. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    That'd take away a lot of your cash flow (if you were still in a legal state). I mean, what's the cutoff? The NBA kept going with Donaghy. And Iowa State (and Northwestern) is all we've heard about. What's going on behind the scenes?

    I do a very small amount of football games in Division II and it was drilled into us in the recent clinic to not even have a sports betting app on your phone. I can only imagine what the FBS and FCS officials are being told and the scrutiny they are under.

    I was at a clinic this year and there was an official who just got bumped up to a P5 conference that he doesn't even play in a private poker game each week during the offseason.

    Another higher-ranked official pulled a lower-ranked official off to the side and told him to "re-evaluate" what he puts on social media, even if it was only something as innocent as "here's a picture of where I worked at last night" at the college AND high school level.

    "You don't know who's searching what."
     
    MileHigh, Aug 10, 2023
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  4. BurnsWhenIPee

    BurnsWhenIPee Well-Known Member

    I'd think it would have to get a ton more widespread there for that to happen. They may be key players, but we are still looking at, what, 10-12 guys? So they probably have 70 left without counting walkons.

    If I was their compliance guy, though, I'd be polishing my resume. Seems to be a lot of guys either ignorant of the rules or not caring about following them.

    That would be the compliance person responsible for the education about that, right?
     
    BurnsWhenIPee, Aug 10, 2023
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  5. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    I don’t see why Matt Campbell shouldn’t pull down a multi-game suspension at the very least. Captain of the ship and all that.
     
    dixiehack, Aug 10, 2023
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  6. Flip Wilson

    Flip Wilson Well-Known Member

    Am I doing the math right? That’s less than $8 a bet.
     
    Flip Wilson, Aug 10, 2023
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  7. BurnsWhenIPee

    BurnsWhenIPee Well-Known Member

    BurnsWhenIPee, Aug 11, 2023
    #78
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  8. Liut

    Liut Well-Known Member

    Liut, Aug 11, 2023
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  9. sgreenwell

    sgreenwell Well-Known Member

    I would be absolutely shocked if this wasn't happening everywhere, yeah - especially among the middle tier and lower programs. What's striking to me is how small some of the amounts involved are here. Not exactly kids getting rich off of this.
     
    sgreenwell, Aug 11, 2023
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  10. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

    Here's what I don't get: The average bet in these cases is < $10. What's the point?
     
    tapintoamerica, Aug 11, 2023
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  11. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    Do you guys not sports gamble?
    I am fortunate to be in a great financial position. I don't have FU money, but I don't have to worry about money.
    And $11 bets absolutely keep me on the edge of my seat. I live and die with an $11 football bet. It's the thrill of the bet, the win and the loss, the high and the low emotionally. Most people I know don't bet life-changing money.

    Hell, $10 might be a shit ton to these students.
     
    poindexter, Aug 11, 2023
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  12. BurnsWhenIPee

    BurnsWhenIPee Well-Known Member

    I wonder if they are playing a bunch of parlays?

    If they are dumb enough to throw all this away over gambling, I could see them willing to throw down some Hail Mary parlays.
     
    BurnsWhenIPee, Aug 11, 2023
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  13. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    A buddy we text all day trading baseball picks. We love NRFIs and YRFIs. And baseball in general. He bets a buck or so and sometimes cashes out if he can get a quarter proft. I bet 50-100 a pop. I think he gets more excited about winning than I do.
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Aug 11, 2023
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