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?
It seems that the job of a sports journalist isn't as simple as we imagine, where they simply need to show up at the office or the stadium and cover the match. There's a lot of preparation involved, and it takes time, so they might not have enough time to think about placing bets, even though they have a better chance of profiting due to their clearer insight into what might happen. What we don't know is that there may be rules prohibiting sports journalists from betting.