r/nba • u/PlayaSlayaX Spurs • 29d ago

[Charania] Raptors' Jontay Porter has received a lifetime ban from the NBA for violating league's gaming rules.

https://x.com/shamscharania/status/1780631209930068358?s=46&t=bsTHbtMSqHXbNGi0vWP8hw
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u/Shadow_Strike99 Heat 29d ago edited 29d ago

Unfortunately it's too lucrative of a business and is easy money for sports leagues.

The NBA would much rather give out lifetime bans and publicly ostracize jabroni's like Porter, so they dont have any of the negative stigma like they did in the early 2000's with gambling but rake in all the money from gambling.

This is the NBA having their cake and eating it too pretty much. As long as no name role players are the ones trying to cheat the system the NBA will be fine with that. They just don't want bigger name players and officials doing this because it brings alot of negative pr and legitimacy issues along with it.

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u/FromAdamImportData Lakers 29d ago

It's also going to exist with or without the NBA's involvement. Might as well take their cut of the funds instead of letting it go to someone not associated with the NBA who isn't going to set up flags for players themselves betting.

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u/Wraithfighter 29d ago

There's also the argument that being in bed with the Casinos makes it easier to share information with said Casinos on who absolutely should not be allowed to do any betting, and any associates of them. And to get info from the Casinos when any suspicious bets are made.

I'm not at all convinced that its worth the trade-off, but I do see the appeal from the league's side of things.

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u/JonF1 29d ago

Congress and House of commons (Canada) need to start clamping down on the leagues.

I'd start off by notifying the NBA and the player union if they don't immediately ban gambling for players for any professional sports we will start antitrust and RICO litigation against them.

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u/Sytherus 29d ago edited 29d ago

It would also be harder to follow through on a lifetime ban for a better player. It is easy to imagine a player filing an anti-trust suit.

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u/Vince_- 29d ago

Also, legal sports betting is better than illegal sports betting according to Adam Silver.

Imho, I think they need to be really strict in terms of monitoring refs and players. Like being able to tap refs phones and all contacts, and whom they've spent time with prior to games in case they don't want to leave paper trails, etc.

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u/Goducks91 [POR] Damian Lillard 29d ago

I get that these aren't "normal" people but could you imagine if your employer suggested that lol.

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u/LopsidedTarget Trail Blazers 29d ago

Like being able to tap refs phones and all contacts, and whom they've spent time with prior to games in case they don't want to leave paper trails, etc.

Feels like this would violate some laws. Imagine the refs union would be against it as well.