[The Athletic] Jeff Marek was let go because of allegedly leaking draft selections

[Phrasing]

He reports facts! If you don't like the facts he is reporting, there is an inherent bias of yours informing that feeling! This isn't a dude popping out opinion pieces.

Your first clue should have been when he says he’s “open-minded.”

 

[The Management]

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.

 

[Warden of the North]

This seems like something he should have known not to do.

 

[Bjorn Le]

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.

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]

Stupid, how is this any different than what other “insiders” do every day? The legitimization of sports betting is starting to become an issue

that’s been answered a dozen times in here.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

that’s been answered a dozen times in here.

That was a rhetorical question obviously, and I’m not reading 6 pages of mental gymnastics to justify why this is wrong

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Kinda curious, how no other team has been caught doing the stuff that Canadian soccer has been doing. Especially considering how France is on red alert for terrorism, and looking for any suspicious activity.

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.

 

[IpsoPostFacto]

Thats why he got fired?

who gives a shit about this? This all seems so unnecessary

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]

They fired Don Cherry because he wasn't "woke" enough.

They're f***ing trash too.

Don Cherry got himself fired for his senile old ass

 

[Golden_Jet]

Don Cherry got himself fired for his senile old ass

Ya it was ironic , he was such a huge supporter of the military, and poppies got him fired.

 

[EpochLink]

Ya it was ironic , he was such a huge supporter of the military, and poppies got him fired.

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.

 

[madmike77]

I like Marek but this firing is completely justified. He shouldn't have been leaking that information early. He'll land on his feet somewhere else.

 

[QuizGuy66]

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]

He was leaking the picks to a friend who was in turn betting on who the next pick was. The Nevada gaming was involved in the situation and possibly still could be

Noe he wasn't. The friend was merely tweeting the picks. Did you not read the article(s)?

 

[Voight]

This seems like something he should have known not to do.

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.

 

[RangerBoy]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806835236418003264

Dreger should lose his job.

 

[Golden_Jet]

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?

A poster has said he was online betting on prior to the draft, said his last bet was 1-2 hours prior

 

[Golden_Jet]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806835236418003264

Dreger should lose his job.

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]

That’s not proven, NFL closes betting at 5pm on draft day, So I doubt NHL would be 24 hours. We have no idea when books closed, if they did.
Marek screwed up, and now authorities are investigating.

The article said 24 hours.

 

[Golden_Jet]

The article said 24 hours.

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]

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.

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.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Really sounds to me like the NHL was the one with their nose out of joint about this and pushed for him to be fired more than SN.

 

[RangerBoy]

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.

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.

 

[Golden_Jet]

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.

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.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

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?