FBI, NCAA, and NBA investigating fraud around basketball point shaving. Tennessee vs Auburn game mentioned

[05_never_again]

The $ in major NIL deals, as well as NFL and NBA salaries is a prohibitive factor with gambling fixes. Jovontae Porter was immediately caught, and for what? Pennies on the dollar vs. what he was making as a minimum player in the NBA. The typical college basketball/NBA game doesn't have a ton of $ on the line, and it's kinda easy to catch improprieties.

Yeah. If you want to claim that mid-major college basketball games are being fixed, I buy that all day. In fact, I'd be surprised if some weren't fixed. The Fresno St story is a perfect example of that.

 

[brockytop]

I had been assured here and elsewhere that my complaints about weird officiating being linked to this sort of thing were unfounded.

That should’ve confirmed you were accurately onto something

 

[Dadof2Vols]

I had been assured here and elsewhere that my complaints about weird officiating being linked to this sort of thing were unfounded.

It’s been a long time since I have seen a questionably called football or baseball game? Have you really seen one lately? Wow!

 

[Dadof2Vols]

Read a report recently how sports gambling has exploded in the last couple of years and the stories of addiction and destroyed families because of it actually moved me to tears. Utterly sickening to read about the children in these families affected by such activities. One man was painfully $300,000 in the hole with no hope!

For him, I’m sure the hope was always the next sure thing bet….

 

[Dadof2Vols]

Interesting that sports gambling is shunned, which it should be, but donors are gambling on a kid to come and play to lead a school to glory, but that's ok.

I think the difference is are you gambling to get rich or using disposable income to have fun.

I have an uncle that has plenty of money. Before he retired he went to Vegas with the wife for a week twice a year. Now retired he goes to the local casinos anytime he can’t get to golf course. I can assure you he is having fun playing with disposable income as his tight handed wife runs the finances.