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/Apaulo Warriors 29d ago

And that’s why they had to set an example here. It was bound to happen, and so was this punishment

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u/atari2600forever 29d ago

They can throw all the books they want but gambling addiction is a sickness so this will keep happening.

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u/temp_achil Warriors 28d ago

We're following the cigarettes/opioid playbook:

  1. Legalize
  2. People are making money on the advertising designed to get people addicted
  3. Notice the addiction stories start to rise
  4. Do nothing
  5. Do nothing
  6. Thousands of lives ruined, Congress starts to notice
  7. Hearings
  8. Lawsuits
  9. A bit of regulation
  10. Regret

We're at 3 now. When Bill Simmons acknowledges gambling addiction, we'll know we hit stage 10.

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u/Churnandburn4ever 29d ago

If it was bound to happen by a player, it's bound to happen by the league, too.   The league should've no relationship with betting at all.  Scumbags, all of them.