While constantly advertising for "Betthisandthat.com". It's like the NFL back when they did all the "Jacked Up" and biggest hits of the week hype videos and selling compilations of giant hits, but still saying they cared about player safety.
Simple as that. It goes against the integrity of being a professional athlete. Pinto was blessed with the natural abilities and physique to be a pro and make millions. Don't f***ing gamble. It's a rule. No if's and's or but's.
I've thought the suspensions for these hits should be way more significant for years now. We know too much about concussions to not drastically discourage blatantly dirty/irresponsible hits. I imagine it's the NHLPA trying to stymie long suspensions and keep more money in player's (and therefore the PA's) pockets.
The rule says don't gamble on the NHL, and then they say he didn't gamble on the NHL. It's a strange situation.
The NHL and the sports betting companies have an agreement, where the companies monitor themselves to find NHL players who are betting.
Advertisers target fans, not players.
I wrote that before I read the rest of the thread, but I maintain the more you open the door to players gambling, the harder it gets to know if they're gambling on hockey, or specifically their own team.
Then tell them they can't gamble at all, but that's not what they are doing. They are saying you can gamble, but not on the NHL. But suspended this guy, and said he didn't gamble on the NHL. Doesn't make sense.
This isn't out of nowhere. Pinto knows he can't gamble on pro sports. He's an idiot for doing it.
They said he didn't gamble on "NHL games." Doesn't mean he wasn't involved in nhl bets like props.
It seems to me that a 41-game suspension is harsh and hypocritical unless he bet on his own team. "Sportbooks" as they like to call it to sound less than straight up gambling.... are everywhere. We see the advertising in virtually every NHL game.
I can understand that the league wouldn't like the optics of a player betting on other teams but why not? It's not like he can influence the outcome in any way.
I think KD genuinely believed he was getting a 60 point player out of Hall.
It took 8 years for a coach to do this... or were the GMs saying don't play him on the pk?
They're pretty limited who they can throw out there. Their forwards are filled with a bunch of guys who can't play D. Are they going to put Reaves out there? Domi, Bertuzzi, Nylander, Tavares, Rookies,? lol I would hope he is better defensively than those bums.
