The sports industry does not only consist of athletes and managers. There are also the reporters or journalists. They are the ones who go to watch live sports and report trackside or from the studio. They follow the season and the athletes. They are the ones who build a narrative and share it to the public. It got me thinking whether they do sports betting or not and uses whatever inside information they have. Or do they spread something just to bet something different? If you were a sports journalist, would you enjoy betting on the sports you report on?
You are overestimating the
potential influence sports journalists
could have over the outcome of sports events. Nobody gives a damn about the sports journalists. If I were an athlete, coach, manager or a sports club owner, I would never share insider information about fixed games with a sports journalist. Sports journalists can't keep a secret and they would always reveal such insider information to the public, because this might benefit their careers. Do sports journalists place bets on sports betting platforms? Probably. Who knows? There's no way for us to gather information about this. Maybe the sports betting platforms that have KYC could gather information about how many sports journalists are actively betting.