The league has been under scrutiny for its response to the scandal enveloping its marquee star, who signed a $700 million deal with the Dodgers last off-season.
For those not familiar, Ohtani is probably the best baseball player alive right now (certainly the highest paid). He came to the US after playing baseball in Japan and has an interpreter who is also a good friend. The interpreter struggles with a gambling addiction and Ohtani allegedly paid off his friend’s gambling debts… or was the money stolen? Nobody knows yet, since people keep changing their story.
This is a problem because you can’t work for a sports league and also bet on games.
It’s possible, but to me it really sounds like he was helping out his friend, then they realized that might implicate Ohtani as an accessory and tried to cover it up to save his career
For those not familiar, Ohtani is probably the best baseball player alive right now (certainly the highest paid). He came to the US after playing baseball in Japan and has an interpreter who is also a good friend. The interpreter struggles with a gambling addiction and Ohtani allegedly paid off his friend’s gambling debts… or was the money stolen? Nobody knows yet, since people keep changing their story.
This is a problem because you can’t work for a sports league and also bet on games.
Or was he placing bets for Ohtani?
They said yesterday that he wasn’t under investigation, and now there is a probe into it.
It’s possible, but to me it really sounds like he was helping out his friend, then they realized that might implicate Ohtani as an accessory and tried to cover it up to save his career
But the leagues are sponsored by gambling companies.
But players can’t gamble. Pretty much been a thing since some players lost the World Series on purpose
And more recently, Pete Rose.
It’s be like PIDs are illegal but being sponsored by BALCO.