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ProfessorGAC

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2. I Think It's Unlikely
Fri Feb 28, 2025, 06:10 PM
Feb 28

The big names make such enormous money, on & off the court, that their share of such a scheme would be pocket change.
Even with NIL, that's not true of college athletes. Such a scheme could get them 3 or 4 times what an NIL deal is getting them.
I'd think those guys playing for the veteran minimum are susceptible.
That's why I don't believe the Rosier thing. Guy makes $25 million per season.
Even if he netted $5 million from gamblers, he's risking 3 years of $25 million. And, $5 million seems too high, because tens of millions of prop bets on a reserve would raise red flags in the entire gaming industry, even the underground part.
The biggest gambling scandals in sports history involved players being exploited by a skinflint owner or amateurs who were making nothing while generate truckloads of cash for others.

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