03-28-2024, 09:45 PM
(03-28-2024, 05:41 PM)BostonCard Wrote: Good article in the WSJ prompted by the controversy of a certain newly acquired Dodger, but with references to the NCAA.
https://www.wsj.com/sports/ohtani-sports..._permalink
Colleges and gambling, what could possibly go wrong? (I think I had previously posted this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/20/busin...leges.html)
Quote:“You literally could have certain situations where somebody just says, ‘Look, you’re my friend. We’ve been friends a long time. I lost 500 bucks last week because you didn’t play well,’” Baker said last month. “‘And I still love you, but I’ve got to make rent next week. All I need you to do is miss your first two free throws.’”
Mix in NIL payments and we are truely setting up a recipe for disaster.
BC
I’m not sure how anyone can jump from potential issues related to gambling to NIL payments. They are distinctly different topics that have nothing to do with one another.
Receiving payment from someone for the use of one’s image is right.
Receiving payment from someone to play at less than one’s full capability is wrong.