Today, 10:07 AM
(Today, 09:51 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: With the penalty for players being a one year suspension for gambling on NFL games and two years if they gamble on their own team's games, the idea that the NFL officials are gambling on games just seems a little bit 'tin foil hattish' for me.
And that seems a little naive to me. Given the fact the league vet minimum is almost a million a year or so, and new officials make 100K and the top officials make about 250K, it's not really the same thing is it? How easy is it for an official to enter into an arrangement with a lifelong friend or family member to enter bets online for them.
Michael Franzese, while talking about the Boston College Point shaving racket flat out said they (the mob) never targeted professional athletes, because they make enough to pay their gambling losses. They targeted college athletes, because they could tempt them with money, cars, etc. And they told them, "Hey we're fans, we don't want you to lose, we want you to win... just don't cover the spread"
And you think it's tin foil time that the same thing could be going on with referees, or that refs could be doing it on their own now that sports gambling is legal and they chances they get caught are almost nil??? Really? Because I can easily see how it could be going on. "Hey, we want to make sure Green Bay doesn't cover the points this week, there's 500K in it for you if that happens."
