I have said since last year I believe we have one in particular who is. No proof not accusing, it’s just my belief from what I see him routinely do. Things that if you struggle with it, you struggle with it. You don’t turn it off and on. And he turns it off and on.
These kids have more money at their age than they know what to do with. And they are immature. Put a lot of money along with immaturity, then the ease of online gambling, and voila - there are going to be thrown games.
What exactly can Congress do about it? It's already illegal.
Which really pisses me off because these guys are already making 7 figures in NIL. It’s BS.
You hit one of my main concerns with him. Straight off the front of the rim, almost aiming for it. Usually you make the second miss first. Always been that way. Suddenly, seeing a lot of first made second missed. And when he misses it just looks like he’s aiming for the front of the rim. Doesn’t seem to bounce normally, always directed at the front. If you were intentionally doing it, that’s what it would look like.
Congress can do a lot by just stepping in and fixing some of these problems by changing laws. Get eyes on it and players knowing congress is involved who can also get things investigated might straighten some of this out. But if nothing else as far as congress goes their presence might slow it.
Talked to a UT buddy of mine from West, Tn where I’m from you had raised hell saying Gillispie is definitely gambling. When you watch him, it does look like it. Stupid lazy passes that are just wtf? I think it’s going on on most teams right now.
Just have a buddy bet, keep the cash, roll by when you want to go buy some sht just use cash. As long as they keep it low how can anyone know? Barnes is absolutely calling his players out for gambling here. Wish the media would start asking players about it.
If you're accusing Ortega while you hide behind your effing computer of point shaving, then just flat out, say it. I'm sorry but that's pretty pathetic. Are you saying he should have 30 points in effing game?. seriously you have consistent Pat takes, but this one is ****** up
I worked with a kid last year that went to Bellarmine and he was always on his app doing like 5 team parlays. He asked me if I do any betting and I chuckled and said "no, of course not. I want to be house, not the one making the bets." Of course I'm not planning on becoming a bookie so he understood that unless you're a pink unicorn (rare gambling savant) the only people making money on this is the house (FanDuel, et al). He was a smart kid (on scholarship) and a couple of weeks later he made it a point to tell me he had deleted his gambling app. He felt stupid after thinking about it. I don't have any moral stance against gambling, but the ubiquity of platforms that feed on addictive tendencies is horrifying in a world where people are becoming more and more atomized by the day (especially young men) which makes them ripe for the picking by these purveyors.
This makes more sense than the girlfriend story between players that was going around back then.
I cannot believe how f'd up this country is to allow gambling from our phones. Want to allow it, make it where you have to go somewhere to place your bets. I'd also ban it on college games.
I don't think these morons understand how good these systems are at detecting anomalies in wagering. Not a ton of people are betting on a random UT basketball game. So if all of a sudden a ton of action comes in from a few IP addresses / accounts that don't typically bet a lot, it's easy to spot.
Even if the math nerds find the anomoly, it’s still incredibly hard to prove that a particular player did it beyond a reasonable doubt.
Don’t think it’s that simple anymore.
Yea I mean I can see that. If that’s all it was I probably wouldn’t even notice. Problem is, I see more questionable play. I’m sure others have seen it to. Don’t want too go too far into it. And I’m not accusing him just stating if he was it wouldn’t surprise me.
100%. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was widespread and also wouldn’t be surprised if it’s covered up to a large degree. We’ve already seen this is pro sports, and they pretty much buried that one deeper after exposure.
If you listen to Barnes and really think about it, he thinks they’re gambling and is trying to yet it to stop. Almost trying to sound an alarm right by their ear. I’m gonna watch Gillespie close for a few games and see if he’s still making these same abnormal mistakes especially his passing.
