The Gambling Scandal The NHL Doesn't Want You Knowing About....

It's no secret that gambling and sports has also led to numerous scandals, shaking the foundations of beloved games. Take, for instance, the recent turmoil in baseball, Shohei Ohtani is hailed by many as one of the greatest players of all time, but right now he is embroiled in controversy over alleged involvement in illegal gambling rings. And this wasn’t the first time we’ve seen gambling tarnish the reputation of a baseball great Moreover, the saga of Pete Rose, the greatest hitter in baseball history, serves as a stark reminder of the repercussions of gambling involvement. Despite Rose's lifetime ban for betting on baseball games throughout his career, his exclusion from the Hall of Fame remains a contentious issue, highlighting the complexities of the relationship between sports and gambling. Baseball isn't the only sport tainted by such gambling scandals; as recent as this year we saw shane pinto get suspended for the first half of the season as a result of gambling.
But what if i told you almost 20 years ago the nhl had one of its biggest gambling scandals, and that the nhl has done everything in its power to erase all traces of it, and would like it to appear as if this scandal doesn’t exists Let's rewind to 2005 and delve into a crazy story that the NHL would prefer to keep under wraps. #nhl #waynegretzky #hockey #arizonacoyotes #vancouvercanucks

[@troycul6552]

i hate that there are Gambling commercials at every brake and that now the broadcasters feel the need to always give you the odds they are pushing it on you it's sad.

[@janzkee]

yet an NHL player got suspended for sports gambling. ironic

[@The_Internet_Is_Overrated]

Sports has really gone to crap

[@baerfournier9450]

​@@The_Internet_Is_Overrated everything has really

[@rynor7132]

This scandal brought to you by DraftKing and Fandul

[@Jabbablink2]

MCJESUS presiding

[@jeremyweems4916]

Government sponsored gambling is fine. That non-taxed gambling, though.... dangerous stuff.

[@buggernut3643]

@@jeremyweems4916 Government shouldn't be encouraging this sort of activity.

[@magnus1249]

@@buggernut3643 no i think the government should start doing like life gambling as in i wake up and put something on a government website saying that im going to crush my date tonight and it will go super well and have other people put money down and gamble on it fuck it lets start gambling on everything all sponsored by yours truly the american government

[@cerd6292]

..the “legal” mafia.

[@rhughes1795]

I no longer trust the integrity of any professional sport.

[@kawboy14]

Yup. You can bet on it. 😉

[@roberteaston6413]

Something else the NHL will not talk about. That is Russian hockey players paying protection money to the Russian Mafia. The Russian mafia knows where their relatives in Russia live.

[@skinnie2838]

Wait, people think Ohtani is one of the greatest of all time? LMAO

[@TonyMichaels166]

I got downvoted to hell when I said this exact thing on Reddit.

[@KevinT-ps2me]

They have always been scripted

[@dannycarlow8204]

The NHL doesn't like when someone else fixes the games other than them.

[@HarryRiceHockey]

THG said it best today, if the NHL were to fix their games then how come the Coyotes suck?

[@dannycarlow8204]

@@HarryRiceHockey That's the logic? Not sure if that was the best way to say it but....okay. That would literally be the last team the NHL would fix games for if they did that stuff. Your reply actually gave me a chuckle. Can you imagine the optics of that? Any other franchise would have at least made some kind of sense.

[@HarryRiceHockey]

@dannycarlow8204 Well no of course it makes sense. You're claiming the NHL fixes games, which would imply they're doing what's best for the owner's pockets. Arizona being a big market would make the NHL more money then say Winnipeg or Edmonton being good. So why would the NHL not try and rig Coyotes games? Because they aren't rigging the games at all my dude.

[@dannycarlow8204]

@@HarryRiceHockey If you read my reply to you properly you would see that I don't believe they fix games, the original comment was a joke. If they did, the Coyotes would be the last team they would do it for because the NHL used to foot the bill for the franchise. How would that look if the team that the league was supplementing all of a sudden started to get really good? Everyone would actually have a reason to believe the league fixes games if the Coyotes suddenly started to succeed. People would be furious and I wouldn't blame them for thinking the fix was in. Like I said, any other team would make some kind of sense, just not that team.

[@beerdo]

​@HarryRiceHockey because there's more money in Utah

[@IusedtohaveausernameIliked]

Don't get me wrong, I love hockey, but the NHL is corrupt to its core. Always has been. I don't mind legal gambling but I hate the constant advertising for it and citing odds instead of teams records when showing scores and schedules. And then there's the way NHL "manages' its games through subtly messing with the refereeing. That needs to be talked about more.

[@janzkee]

then watch semi-pro or junior hockey. ref problems are in every single league no one can get away from it. they just add gambling to the mix in the NHL.

[@IusedtohaveausernameIliked]

@@janzkee So in your opinion, what is "game management"?

[@ryananderson5202]

Game management: One team is more physical than the other. The officials call everything early to set the tone. They constantly put the whistles away to let them play but Then call ticky tack plays in the last 5 minutes of The Game usually to Help the Team that's Down.

[@thehighlanders607]

Oh yeah, some nights certain teams have to overcome their opponent and the refs!

[@goldbug7127]

Well, am I ever glad you brought this up. I remember it well and the silence was deafening. Gretzky's career was bought and paid for to create hype and open the NHL to a takeover by the gambling lords. I watched the Oilers lose to Gordie Howe's Whalers, and Gordie was the GOAT, not the Whiner. I saw them in Edmonton with season tickets and Howe did things at the age of 50 that Wayne was never big enough or smart enough to attempt. He cried on camera when they traded him to LA, where his actress wife lived, as if he had no control over the trade. As if. His wife taught them how to do pratfalls and the Kings got so good at it, the league had to make it a penalty for taking a dive. And if a player tried to check Gretzky it was an interference call. The hype in America over the great one going to LA led to the demise of the Canadian teams in the WHL and an explosion of teams in the states that played to empty arenas unless they made the playoffs. That's why Canadian teams don't make the playoffs. Canadians fill the stands all season long, no matter how bad their team is playing. American teams needed the playoffs to break even. I hadn't watched hockey in a decade when Calgary built a franchise winning team in 2004 that swept through the playoffs against all odds and the complete disdain of the media. Officiating was so obviously anti Calgary that the coach, Darryl Sutter, explained it by saying, "We're not supposed to be here." And when Martin Gelinas scored another elimination goal against Tampa Bay to win the Stanley Cup in Game six, it was disallowed because only ONE camera could see the goal. WHAT!!!?? I didn't watch game seven, which Tampa won, (surprise, surprise) and I haven't watched any sport since except the CFL. It seemed to me that they cancelled the next season just to destroy that powerful Calgary Flames team. Professional sports isn't about entertainment, it's about billions of dollars and controlling who gets the money. I thought it was weird they were so hard on Pete Rose. He never bet against himself. He never threw a game, he was betting he would win. When Gretzky and Janet just slipped out the back door, I realized Pete Rose's crime was that he wasn't betting through the their syndicate. He was a scapegoat to throw the scent off of an empire of deceit that turned fans into saps.

[@smartymceinstein4312]

Just wanted to give you a thumbs up for the effort you put in writing your comments.

[@goldbug7127]

Thanks. It took me at least an hour to compose. It was very difficult to stay on topic. I could write a book, "How Al Capone's numbers rackets led to VLTs replacing phone booths and stealing people's homes and ruining families." George Orwell predicted that gambling would control the lives of most of the people.@@smartymceinstein4312

[@terdfergusonIII]

I always thought it was a coincidence that the NHL is headed by a Joo lawyer

[@dicksonfranssen]

You got the money part right. I was born in Edmonton and haven't watched a complete game in 20+ years. The original KC Chiefs franchise cost $25k. Now ask yourself why Quebec City has a new arena but isn't in the league but Seattle coughs up $650 million and is made to feel right at home. And Vegas? Those golden helmets and those uniforms remind me of the California Golden Seals. Make it a game again, not a capital venture enterprise.

[@HarryRiceHockey]

Okay aside from the pure moronic nature of this comment: 1) The goal against the Lightning was clearly no-goal. During Game 7 they showed a CGI recreation to show how that one camera could pick up how the goal looked like it, while every other camera showed no goal. As Gary Thorne I believe it was put it, "You need to know it's a goal, not think it's a goal." 2) Canadian teams don't make the playoffs because of gambling or American teams, it's because some of them have been legit terrible. You wouldn't blame the 2010 Leafs on missing the playoffs because of the American teams, because they had a godawful record. Kind of funny how you refuse to point out Buffalo having the current longest playoff drought, or the Coyotes making the playoffs once in the last decade because that didn't fit your narrative lol. 3) Going back to the Tampa/Calgary thing, aside from the fact the Flames did not build a Cup winning team they were merely a very lucky team, how would you blame the Gretzky missed high-stick? Oh wait you must have forgotten that the Leafs got destroyed in Game 7 because Gretzky was that damn good. And you also seemed to forget that the Marty McSorley illegal stick that cost the Kings the Cup that year. Would you blame the Oilers blowing a 3-0 lead to the Ducks in 2017 on the American team needing to go further? My bet would be probably not. 4) You might want to start watching Hockey again my brother, the game is no longer the caveman game of big hit 2-1 finishes that it was in the dead puck era, now the game focuses on actual skill and speed! You know, real hockey!!

[@kawboy14]

The first syllable in Gary's last name is "Bet"-tman. Coincidence..? 🤔

[@bdgannon1473]

Nope : it's Butt-man

[@seveglider8406]

We've have legalized gambling on Horse racing for decades. I'm surprised it took so long to have legalized gambling on all sports. If people want to gamble, it's their right. However, it doesn't look good to have on line gambling sites as 1 of the largest sponsors of sports!

[@myklaaron7879]

The gambling sponsors have made me just about quit sports. Hockey is it for me and I'm sick if the ads. NC just got the rights here to some of these booking sites and it's all we hear now. My opinion they may as well advertise crack or meth.

[@andrewkratz226]

Agreed.

[@jt-moneyHockey]

minor hockey is still pure

[@magnus1249]

yep i just put my headphones on whenever the players arent actively playing or watching a replay outside of that i just put my headphones on and mute the tv

[@jtsparky876]

Gretzky has been around a lot of shady stuff.. Gretzky also laundered Russian oligarch money through real estate deals for years. .. he even did some money laundering for Lenny Dykstra .

[@grantpurdy5042]

I’ve never liked Greasy Gretzky.

[@gravedigger6632]

Also that he's homosexual his wife was scammed 😂

[@janzkee]

the rich have always done borderline illegal things to stay rich

[@mikemyros4142]

Don't forget his partnership with Mc Nall.....

[@misskj4704]

I hate the ads, gambling promos and digital boards. This is a great video, thanks for sharing.

[@jt-moneyHockey]

great report

[@timfronimos459]

Sports and gambling will lead to this destruction of at least one of the major sports leagues.

[@agnethaladuff8559]

I wouldn't doubt that Gary Bettman is part of the gambling undergound afterall he is making sure that only the American hockey clubs are winning the Stantley Cup and the referees are doing a great job in controlling the games to get the results they want.

[@chickenalaking1319]

Oy gevalt, stop noticing!

[@FloydRunner2049]

“Bet” tman 😂

[@sanpotkins4705]

No doubt...Americans just bought our cup...slimey

[@UncleRosie]

Professional sport has become a racket. Souls off to hell. Hard to watch heroes sell out.

[@JGL98]

Players aren’t heroes, firemen are real heroes they save lives. What lives do these athletes save? 🤔

[@dicksonfranssen]

Janet Gretzky suing for "loss of career" opportunities? What career would that be Janet, how to be a *gold digger* ? I get that Wayne was underpaid compared to today's athletes hence the gambling adds but Bettman just can't make this disappear. Let's not forget the *Mike Danton/Katie Wolfmeyer* "hit-man" fiasco. It stopped being a sport for me years ago.

[@warrenotto27]

Depending on your age, this is not new news and was widely reported in the CDN media at the time. Still don't know why ppl like Tocchet, Green et al are allowed anywhere near the league.

[@55Porter]

Tocchet is INNOCENT and did NOTHING WRONG!!! 🤬

[@keithball6480]

I'm surprised that "allowed" Tocchett to coach in the NHL. But Gretzky was kinda banned from any meaningful job in the NHL. I'm a sports fan, but am appalled how gambling has been encouraged by the sports, governments and by so many fans.

[@Gagne87Fixxer]

Gretzky is not banned from jobs in the NHL. He simply is not a hockey guy outside of his playing days…

[@MonGoalian]

True. Great player, lousy coach.

[@darrenmurphy7410]

Sports gambling of this size & frequency leads to only one thing. It's a good time to be a bankruptcy lawyer.

[@mrchi3f117]

Maybe because Tocchet and Harney mostly used it for NBA and NFL betting so the NHL was like ehhh? Kinda like the Pinto situation. Bet on other sports sure no problem, bet on another NHL game, 41 game suspension lol

[@cole8071]

You sound broke

[@andrusmotto1257]

Every time the NHL talks about moving the Arizona Coyotes, this should be brought up. And the arena in Glendale they refuse to play in. They are pulling a reverse Arizona Cardinals. The Cardinals played in a college stadium moving here,(ASU). Now the Coyotes are playing in a college 5k seat arena for ASU

[@robwilliamson6831]

As an addictions counsellor, I predict the ubiquitness of sports gambling will cause addiction to gambling to sky-rocket, People's lives will be destroyed, marriages will end, bankruptcies will increase, relationships will end, suicide will increase, and family harmony and discord will result. This of course will not apply to all gamblers, but to such a significant amount of the gambling community this will be a social catastrophe. People like Gary Bettman, Roger Goodall, Adam Silver, and Don Garber must clearly enforce real punishment for sports gambling and not just slaps on the wrist. Why Rick Tochet is allowed to be the coach of the Vancouver Canucks is unfathomable. Wayne Gretsky and others like him need to look themmselvesf in the mirror and man up.

[@william_1712]

You’re spot on with the consequences of sports betting. It is so bad especially for college students. How is it possible these universities can agree to partnerships with sports book companies to introduce students (who are underage) to it and then receive profits for every student that signs up. What a joke everything is about money these days.

[@ronmailloux8655]

I recall this scandal and yes it was dumped very fast by the media.

[@stevenbauer4799]

gee do you think? gambling ads infest the arenas and the tv ads. drafty kings, betmgm, fan duel. 'If you gamble gamble responsibly'. Ballys sports does half the games. nhl got in good with gambling rackets after covid shut down to bring $$$'s back into game. the game is tainted. Only a fool takes sports seriously these days. s b is scripted for gambling rings. And bettman SUCKS. No integrity left in nhl anymore.

[@Redeyezsocialclub]

With all the gambling money to be made it's hard to believe that pro sports games and fights are not fixed and pre- determined.

[@bruce8321]

I hate that they now promote gambling before and during games. Unlimited Greed Rules the Day. DOES ANYONE BELIEVE THEY REALLY CARE IF YOU GO BROKE?

[@tradingmedic]

I met Tocc with his best bud JR several times in....several casinos.

[@seveglider8406]

This isn't just about the NHL!

[@brotzmannsax]

Read "The Fix Is In" by Brian Tuohy to learn all the gory details on the fixing of ALL sports.

[@AlexSilver9]

Crazy how years later Gretzky is appearing in gambling ads alongside Tom Brady.

[@matthoskin3572]

You should see how terrible it is here in Australia!

[@jeffreyturcotte420]

Ever notice how Tocket looks like James Galdofini?😂

[@italianwaterice9594]

*Tocchet

[@MD76MAC]

Gery has certainly made Columbus one of the farm teams in the NHL.

[@darcymck1]

wow, illegal gambling...not a lot differs from the legal gambling except ringleaders.

[@Horseracingtip]

Weird who controls corporate media 🤔

[@vestaxwax]

Trevor Bauer needs more friends like Tocchet has. Apparently, innocence is overrated.

[@LABoyko]

The Great One skates.

[@biglebowski3961]

Sounds like a great topic for 30 for 30 on espn

[@stinkfinger630]

Excellent points here! Tbh, I don’t trust ANY result in any sport tainted by organized crime, er, gambling! NO RESULT can be trusted!

[@csnide6702]

Maybe you should look at the last 15 years in the sport of Tennis..... That sport has a HUGE Gambling problem.

[@kona7043]

Every sport has a "gambling issue" why limit it to tennis if you're going to criticize a channel trying to make a video about a specific topic.

[@csnide6702]

@@kona7043 because Tennis has swept it under the rug and refuses to do anything about it......

[@chrisp7729]

Game fixing in the NHL would have tarnished the game forever. NBA laughs in the background 😂

[@ozy.999]

TOCCHET vs MAY was a BATTLE!

[@mikentosh]

I remember reading about Janet Jones having a huge gambling problem, and being a pain in the ass. This was back in the 90s.

[@heavyarmsofsteel]

Why do athletes do commercials for these gambling apps? I was shocked to see Connor McDavid on one tonight. Do you really need more money ?

[@hippomancy]

Pete Rose only bet that he would win... he lost more money than he won... Michael Jordan "retired" for the first time due to gambling, as well, although it was never stated that he bet on basketball... on golfing, and just about anything else...

[@finnmcginn9931]

Charlie Hustle should be in Cooperstown.

[@hippomancy]

@@finnmcginn9931 agreed, but they'll only do it posthumously and after the current committee is buried...

[@GrowthruGod]

Draft King sponsoring God Bless America in MLB

[@visionquest520]

If you don't think gambling affects the integrity of the game just picture this:the average arena holds let's say 20,000 fans, for arguments sake let's say it was a doller to go to a game say a beer is a doller and a hotdog is a doller so the franchise makes 60,000 for everyone coming to the game now imagine 5 million people across N.A bet 1$ on that game and you get an idea where the REAL revenue comes from.

[@jakec7077]

Surprised Evander Kane wasn’t brought up this whole video.

[@bigyt813]

Danm, Jantes a ride or die girl. Don't make em like that anymore

[@tman-sg3zh]

you don’t know the details of the case, rick could have made a deal and could’ve spoke against the other guy; they could’ve. paid the other guy to take the fall: a lot of things happened that they don’t release to the public record

[@lpquagmire3621]

It's not healthy and people are losing their entire fortunes trying to win "the big one," but gambling is pervasive in every aspect of society, from sports to movie spoilers to placing bets on what colour dress Taylor Swift will wear at her next public appearance. We know people are gambling and will continue to gamble, and it's a highly profitable industry for corporations for whom gambling is permitted. All these gambling "scandals" are the result of attempts to police behavior by people who are going to find a way to place a bet by any means necessary. Such scandals would cease if gambling was legal for everyone.

[@Booshay__]

Ahh that’s why JR isn’t in the HoF

[@zjsz4954]

Harney was a cop he should be held to a higher standard

[@lencrowell9564]

Finally....someone with the backbone to report this stuff. Ads in the NHL has left me not watching any games any more. So much of the Ads are promoting gambling and how many lives have been ruined because of it. Greed is running it, not so much the gamblers but the big companies running the Ads in all NHL broadcasts. Greedy people, but their off the hook by putting sub note. "gamble responsibly". give me a break. Greed.... Good job sir..keep digging.

[@cdizzle]

Operation slapshot was very widely reported and all over the news when it happened.

[@kosmicwizard]

Wow

[@bipolarpunt5721]

If two Adults make a bet, I dont see the crime. I used to book bets from coworkers. No victims, all willing parties. Maybe income tax was evaded, but this could have been paid. No big Scandal.

[@afzalhakeen4941]

poor pete

[@deplorableaussie6749]

NHL COMMISSIONER: GARY BETTMAN ! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@sweatswithcruise]

LET PETE ROSE IN THE HALL!

[@kingofbratz3626]

wtf...

[@derekcox6531]

Oh fuk…whatever. The hypocrisy of professional sports leagues is beyond epic.

[@huyoung9153]

Perhaps letting someone who was an excellent hockey player return as a head coach in the NHL a decade after this mess is a dog whistle to gambling groups that its open season for grifters to get away with the graft. Raptors coach Darko Rajakovic called it out in the NBA but when you consider how long Alan Eagleson ruled the world of NHL sports agents and how long Bruce McNall got away with a shell game in LA it shouldn’t be a surprise that the stench is so pervasive. Jared to watch a game now without the pervasive gambling ads superseding the content.

[@ryananderson5202]

Yep!!!

[@ToiletPlugger]

Gambling ads have really turned me off of watchcing games on TV. it's disgusting.

[@jeremyweems4916]

Pete Rose deserves to be on the front of the hall of fame. He's probably the most passionate player in history. He sprinted on every ground ball and turned singles into doubles like his life depended on it.

[@jamesd242]

Rose was a douchebag

[@leonardmccannon3136]

If NHL players had been implicated in fixing the games directly, that would be a massive blow, and it would have surprised me to hear it. There appears to no one specifically making this claim. Correct me if I am wrong but it sounded to me like Tocchet helped his buddy finance his private sports betting hustle. The report here made no mention of seizing his illegal earnings of a silent partner. One thing that did not surprise was to learn that gambling sites are used substantially by current and former NHL players. All sorts of players have had mild to serious gambling addictions. A recent notable example would be Evander Kane. Pro athletes in general are known for this behaviour, and it kind of makes sense that some parties would find a way to tap into that market via insiders with the right network of friends and associates. As others have pointed out, professional sports have certainly not been particularly opposed to sports gambling operations and have gladly taken the money from the industry in sponsorship deals. One should be looking at the league owners on that front more than the players.

[@MrLANWANMAN]

Yea right... who got paid off to make this go away!!

[@robbiekeller1353]

In the NHL’s defense of your title, the NHL would rather we not know about any of their gamblings scandals. This one was harsh for Kyle Turris.

[@shon9474]

They don't call hockey's com.. Bettman for nothing!

[@dangraesser5341]

Keep your eye on Caulfield.. his shot props are under investigation

[@jennymclelland-fy4tj]

please explain this? I have never heard of this

[@Mellotron63]

@@jennymclelland-fy4tjI think he’s joking because Caufield hasn’t been shooting a lot (2 shots last night and 1 shot Thursday vs Philly) and he hasn’t scored as many goals as expected this season.

[@jennymclelland-fy4tj]

@@Mellotron63 lol

[@backporchradio]

I think baseball and mlb have a bigger gambling scandal on their hands than the nhl right now. What do you say shohei

[@applepieclub5012]

proof that hockey is an "old boys club." Tochett admitted guilty and got sentenced for it, yet, he was allowed to return, presumably because he was well liked in the "old boys club

[@joeleaton607]

Has anything good ever come from gambling besides for a select few. This is purely greed. Every commercial when watching games is on gambling. You knew in time this would end up a shit show of legal issues.

[@jennymclelland-fy4tj]

ruined my moms life

[@Gagne87Fixxer]

It doesn’t matter if you get caught… it depends who your name is… #Shame

[@MrLANWANMAN]

💯 % R I G H T

[@GrowthruGod]

NHL standings are distorted making teams look better than they are ...

[@shannonevans8426]

All these sports ch.almost all sponsored by gambling? If you're a sports fan you shouldn't be good with this.

[@frankpesco7723]

Please spare me, ALL sports are RIGGED. Gambling runs the show, live betting now. WTF High tech is being used on goal post and rims. Whats worst its being used to injure players. Its all about the spread.

[@Scottybowman-ty3go]

nfl is for sure

[@brotzmannsax]

The NBA has magnets in the ball and rim and the NFL has K ball's with magnets with magnetic goalposts. Also, there are ads for gloves and footballs with magnets in them but allegedly banned by most leagues except the NFL!

[@frankpesco7723]

@@brotzmannsax When I was young it was very rare to hit a goal post upright square and bounce back. Once or twice a year. That one kicker a couple of years ago hit it square 4 times in a row. When he practices in the off seasons he practices on a single pole. He knows how hard it is to hit it when he is aiming at it. Thats when and why they move the extra points back. extra points were too close for it to work.

[@brotzmannsax]

@@frankpesco7723 Exactly, they moved the extra point back because the magnetic ball and poles need a distance to operate. Their are videos on YT demonstrating magnetic gloves and balls as well as NBA magnetic balls and hoops. Go to any rigged sports channels and you will learn about the NBA, NFL, NHL magnetic equipment.

[@zjsz4954]

I hate how permeated sports betting has become. It should be banned from advertising like alcohol and cigarettes

[@user-rs8gz9us1g]

Wayne Gretzky has tarnished his legacy. His father, Walter, would not have approved Wayne’s shilling for a Gambling Syndicate.

[@northernrebel1375]

Go make this into a documentary. Shine a light on it. I’m sure the guy who served jail time will be willing to talk. You can probably find an investigator involved in the case as well.

[@bobbyboucher-mt2kz]

thats why I only free stream sports :D its free and I dont put any gaz in the fire

[@bobbyboucher-mt2kz]

its fixed 100% lol vagas won the cup whit crazy unreal trades .... its fixed

[@archangelgabriel5316]

Gambling in sports now ads everywhere is garbage

[@Mr.MikeBarksdale]

You dont know the prior history of the man who did six years with Tocchet. But my gut tells me he had a rap sheet longer than Ron Jeremy at a Viagra convention. If he was a Philly mobster, this wasnt the first time he was in front of a judge, probably. I think the whole thing was probably horse crap and i dont think what they did was illegal, but before you whine about the system at least consider that there are likely factors about his sentencing you don't know about.

[@imhereforthesarcasm8097]

As a lifelong Giants fan I feel the Dodgers should either give Ohtani to us or the MLB should ban him for life. Lol

[@chickenalaking1319]

My rabbi said it's the mafia. It's always the Italian mafia.

[@beastmode00714]

I used to be a huge hockey fan. The modern game is so boring to watch you need skin in the game. Sad.

[@skinnie2838]

You must be high. Before they let you pass it over 2 lines that games would always be 2-1 snooze fests. FOR DECADES it was like this.

[@user-iq2hy4ug4y]

I think there’s no doubt Gretzky was betting on games

[@GrowthruGod]

Tocchet will always be on the payroll and thats a Great One

[@riffic]

All these stories are the same story. “We didn’t bet on our sport”

[@roximama]

The reason for the lopsided sentencing is because a dirty cop is punished more severely, and rightly so.

[@PlaidHiker]

Long live Hockey Fuck the NHL

[@ThePeteFace]

I'm sorry, but, Pete Rose is definitely not the greatest hitter of all time, not even close.

[@Scottybowman-ty3go]

he has the most hits all time?

[@jt-moneyHockey]

@@Scottybowman-ty3go Yes, Pete Rose has the most hits of all time, making him the greatest hitter of all time.

[@danstevens6515]

Correct it is Bonds Ruth or Williams

[@Tprovinzino]

But it’s OK for the team owners to have a large steak in the Gamblin companies

[@Hoovie9596]

Reinstate Pete Rose

[@robbiekeller1353]

I would say we should focus our wrath on the son of the commissioner who banned him, but asking people to dislike Paul Giamatti is a losing proposition. That dude is just too talented of an actor.

[@seveglider8406]

@@robbiekeller1353 Why should anybody have any issue with Paul Giamatti? He didn't do anything against Pete Rose. Rose gambled on games and he is paying the price for what he did. Someday he may be inducted into the Hall of Fame posthumously.

[@robbiekeller1353]

I still want to prank the dude, like sending him a case of Merlot, I hear he hates that stuff! I wouldn’t do it, mostly because I don’t believe pranking members of the Skull and Bones is a good idea.

[@Mr.MikeBarksdale]

Absolutely not. He BET ON GAMES HE WAS MANAGING. Say you are down a lot of money and it is a 2-1 game in the 9th. You are going to use your Ace closer to win that game EVEN IF his arm is sore and he needs a day off. That is why Pete Rose gambling on his team to win disqualifies him.

[@Hoovie9596]

@@Mr.MikeBarksdale 4000 hits. Reinstate Pete Rose

[@jonathanconnors5076]

Crazy people forget the nba was rigged until the mid 2000s 😂

[@skinnie2838]

Wait, people think Ohtani is one of the greatest of all time? LMAO

[@DanTesta58]

Janet should probably stop the plastic surgery. Yikes, just grow old with grace.

[@shannonevans8426]

Legal gambling is going to ruin sports. NHL players make shit?Same size of basketball games right? Why such a pay difference?

[@johnm8096]

You’re right. That’s the way things are headed.

[@That90sShow]

Dont worry guys, Wayne never bet.... It was his wife.. LMAO