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2. sports players betting on sports games is bad because it gives them an incentive to cheat

Reply to Kingofalldems (Original post)

Wed Feb 5, 2020, 10:24 AM

Feb 2020

the astros skipped the incentive part and went straight to the cheating.

rose is right to point out the inconsistency, but of course it's backwards. cheating shouldn't be reduced to a minor offense.

the ethics standard should be higher, not lower.

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Pete Rose has a point: New tweet up. [View all] Kingofalldems Feb 2020 OP

Yep!! Alliepoo Feb 2020 #1

sports players betting on sports games is bad because it gives them an incentive to cheat unblock Feb 2020 #2

Saw a story on Rose, Shoeless Joe and the Hall of Fame last Saturday rurallib Feb 2020 #3

Check your link - Didn't work for me. Lochloosa Feb 2020 #4

Well for some reason it was taken down. Fixed. Kingofalldems Feb 2020 #6

Pete did what he did knowing it was wrong regardless of anyone else getting away with it ... marble falls Feb 2020 #5