"We don’t benefit from any of the profits or anything like that, but we’ve got to deal with a lot of the extra negativity and scrutiny behind all the gambling stuff. And then on top of that, it creates more integrity issues, etc. So I’m not sure what the answer is going forward, but definitely something that people have got to spend more time having conversations about.”
I can’t believe this guy is considered to be intelligent.
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The guy with one of the largest contracts in league history($285m/5yrs) and Player’s Union VP says they don’t benefit from all the extra revenue they get from the 50/50 split. The latest CBA even allows them to own less than 1% of sports betting company.
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Even if they got more money that doesn’t make any of this gambling stuff okay.
There was an article on ESPN and they said he was basically blaming the league for not preparing the players for the risks that comes with gambling. But then another article quoted a coach who said the league holds these briefings with players where they tell them you are liable if you fix games or pass any information about the team or players to a friend or family and they pass that info to others who use it for gambling. Brown thinks the league hasn’t done enough. Brown is an officer of the player’s association, so I assume he used that podium to address that issue, and that sounds like NBAPA and the league have a disagreement to address.