broncsgoat
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- Oct 28, 2013
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Don’t be obtuse.I can't believe how much the media seem to be downplaying the betting thing.
The standard response seems to be "all the players would probably be telling their friends and family that they are playing".
I'm sure that's the case, but I don't think they should be under the terms of their contracts, most probably aren't doing it via text messages, and most probably aren't stupid enough to talk about betting based on the advice.
He told people info that wasn't available to the general public at the time he said it, then people bet based on that info. Surely that is the very definition of "insider betting".
Sure it's not match fixing, but it's still rather dodgy imo.
That’s literally a bloke saying he’s not playing on the weekend… what else is he going to talk about? He spends his life training for and playing footy