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?
Why not? There are no rules about journalist not allowed to bet on games that you cover, on the contrary, since you have followed that sports for so long, then you have all the tools to make a good sports bettor. Maybe big sports covering companies might not allow it like ESPN or the Athletic because this is a conflict of interest. But for B-tier sports company, then who knows, maybe they don't have this kind of policies so their reporter can do whatever they want.
So if that is the case for me, I might go and bet or ask someone for to bet in my favor. For sure there are ethical issues here as you could have inside information of the players. But still if you will just go and bet for fun then why not? And perhaps just for short term only, those sports that you think likely you could win.
I see one case though,
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/denver-posts-jim-armstrong-named-in-gambling-operation/DENVER (CBS4) - Two men are accused of running the largest sports betting operation in the state.
The Denver Post reported that a Jefferson County grand jury handed up an indictment accusing Daniel Dinner and Michael Elick with violating the state's Organized Crime Control Act.
The indictment says some of the gamblers placed bets as high as $50,000 a week.
Veteran Denver Post sports reporter Jim Armstrong is among those named as a customer in the indictment. The Post reported that he left the paper Friday.