I've seen this story being mentioned in the NBA threads, but wanted to post about it separately as this is one of the craziest gambling stories I've ever heard of. I'm not sure if any active pro sports player, at least here in the United States, has ever been permanently banned from their sport while the season is going on like this. Do you guys think the punishment fits the crime? He broke all sorts of ethical rules and I believe he deserves the punishment he got.
Thoughts in general?
"A league investigation found that Porter violated league rules by disclosing confidential information to sports bettors, limiting his own participation in one or more games for betting purposes, and betting on NBA games," the statement read".
"The NBA also found that prior to the game, Porter disclosed confidential information about his health status to "an individual he knew to be an NBA bettor." A different individual associated with Porter also bet that Porter would underperform March 20 as part of an $80,000 parlay the bettor placed with an online sports book".
To read more about this crazy story-
https://sports.yahoo.com/jontay-porter-receives-lifetime-ban-from-nba-for-violating-gambling-rules-162005615.htmlSure. Examples needs to be made of to give a strong signal against others that are tempted doing that.
But what i am amazed of here, is that these aren't
that big of amounts, so how exactly did he raise red flags so that he got caught? What kind of betting irregularities that fall under reasonable suspicion to be investigated further? Is increased betting interest for certain situations just enough for that?
And i can't find any data how did they even do that? It's not like NBA can tap phones or somehing.
I strongly believe that some insider had to have bragged about this hustle and got recorded or something.