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Your first clue should have been when he says he’s “open-minded.”
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[The Athletic] Jeff Marek was let go because of allegedly leaking draft selections
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So if Mark Seidel doesn't tweet on draft night using the information given to him by his friend, does this even get out and does Marek not lose his job? Pretty brutal to know you were the cause or a contributing factor to your friend's scandal, whether directly or indirectly. The more direct cause, of course, is that Marek should've probably kept a lid on it in the first place.
Big fan of Jeff Marek, but it does seem like a bit of screw up on his part. Not something I like to see a guy lose his job over however.
Big fan of Jeff Marek, but it does seem like a bit of screw up on his part. Not something I like to see a guy lose his job over however.
Warden of the North
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This seems like something he should have known not to do.
Bjorn Le
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If they’ve been doing this for years, it’s Marek’s fault.
However, Sportsnet also has some blame. I highly doubt they didn’t know that Marek tells Seidel, and I bet Marek isn’t the only person who tells people. The producers should have made it clear that given the draft was in Nevada, the broadcast team needed to be a lot more careful.
At least this is nothing that is “cancellable” for Marek. He’ll pick up another job at TSN, the Athletic, or a U.S. network. He could even start his own independent podcast and do very well for himself. This sucks for him and he no doubt feels awful but his career isn’t over.
Golden_Jet
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That was a rhetorical question obviously, and I’m not reading 6 pages of mental gymnastics to justify why this is wrong
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Caught? Teams don’t need to be caught. It’s pretty well accepted that teams try to spy on other teams practicing. That can be through a hole in a fence or through something as sophisticated as a drone.
I don’t see it as a great sin to try to gain that advantage. I think that’s within bounds. I think it’s an underhanded tactic, but shouldn’t get any type of punishment.
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It's kind of like Disney putting the smack down on a small daycare in some small podunk town for painting Disney characters on the wall. You have to protect the IP.
Now that the NHL is in bed with sports betting, Vegas will force the league to come down hard on every single little issue - whether that situation ultimately matters or not.
In a way, it makes sense. You do have to crush anything that looks like cheating or else you will lose trust and customers, and they certainly don't want the regulators coming down on them for some relatively fringe sport like hockey.
EpochLink
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Don Cherry got himself fired for his senile old ass
Golden_Jet
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Ya it was ironic , he was such a huge supporter of the military, and poppies got him fired.
EpochLink
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The 'you people' rant was the chef's kiss, we knew who he was talking about and his got all up in his feelings. This what happens when someone doesn't adjust to the times, him ranting about foreigners from 1988 was not acceptable in 2010's nor 2020's.
Okay one thing I do wonder. So bets cannot be placed inside 24 hours on the draft - does that restriction apply to cash outs or existing bets though?
Voight
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Noe he wasn't. The friend was merely tweeting the picks. Did you not read the article(s)?
Voight
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I wonder if Seidler was doing the same thing in previous years? Seems weird Marek just decided this year to start leaking picks to his buddy.
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Dolan sucks!!!
Dreger should lose his job.
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A poster has said he was online betting on prior to the draft, said his last bet was 1-2 hours prior
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lol, Dreger wasn’t a broadcast partner at the draft, and wasn’t there.
Weird you keep tripling down on, and have been proven wrong several times over now.
RangerBoy
Dolan sucks!!!
Golden_Jet
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Maybe in Vegas, poster has already said he placed a few bets on the day of the draft online, last one an hour or 2 before the draft.
Gaming commission is investigating.
RangerBoy
Dolan sucks!!!
Doesn't matter if Dreger wasn’t doing the event. The NHL has gotten into bed with Vegas and the gambling guys. The NHL was the first league to get involved with Vegas. The NBA has been leery of Vegas. For good reason. A good guy lost his job for something really dumb. The NHL shoves gambling ads into every game.
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Dolan sucks!!!
When the various NFL or NBA beat writers post draft picks on twitter before the picks are announced, did the gaming commission investigate them? No. It's been going on for years.
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lol, then shut down twitter.
You keep missing the point, Dreger wasn’t part of the broadcast team. Dreger wasn’t having teams call him to say. Team X is taking player Y. Marek was getting every pick.
I’ll bow out now, if you insist on being obtuse about it.
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Was it every draft pick, or expansion pick that Bob McKenzie broke before the pick when he was mad at someone ? I get he wasn't a partner and whatnot.
So, the team would enter the players name into their registry, or whatever, Marek would be informed and then he'd... ? Text it to people?
So, the team would enter the players name into their registry, or whatever, Marek would be informed and then he'd... ? Text it to people?
