I do remember hearing that.

I get it what you’re saying tho. As someone who sports gambles it doesn’t really bother me if an athlete does bc I doubt the winnings they would take from “throwing games” or something would be bigger than their actual paycheck. However because it’s such a grey area and I imagine pretty hard to regulate and enforce, I can empathize why professional sports leagues would not allow it at all and be so harsh about it.

Idk if I feel it’s overkill or not. Like I understand what you’re saying but it’s not crazy to expect adults to not gamble even when your employer advertises for it.

But this isn’t that. Athletes gambling on their own sport clearly approaches some ethical boundaries and these dudes are lectured every year about what they can do and what happens if they break the rules. Idk I just don’t think his punishment was that bad considering who knew full well what could happen if he’s caught.

Well when there’s written rules explicitly prohibiting what he did it’s tough to feel bad for him.

It’s stupid that Josh Gordon was suspended all those times for weed but that doesn’t change the fact the nfl explicitly prohibited using it.