A new report from Darren Rovell who specializes in the business of sport called out Gary Bettman. He talked about how Bettman was once one of the leaders against gambling but has now taken a massive flip.
The NHL has been ramping up its betting partnerships while laying the hammer down on players for using the services that the league sponsors.
The partnership with MGM Grand and FanDuel are not the only companies in recent years to have the NHL partner with them. The NHL recently announced a partnership with ESPN and theScore for betting options.
The hypocritical position of heavily partnering with these kinds of companies and then suspending players for betting needs to be addressed by the NHL. Betting on NHL games of course cannot happen.
However, shoving betting sites in viewers' faces and then punishing players for using the sites that all of their friends use seems a bit hypocritical.
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DÉCEMBRE 7 | 87 ANSWERS Gary Bettman Exposed By Insiders For Take On Gambling Should NHL players be allowed to bet on other sports? | ||
Yes | 53 | 60.9 % |
No | 34 | 39.1 % |
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G | A | PTS | ||
Sam Reinhart | 4 | - | 4 | |
Carter Verhaeghe | - | 3 | 3 | |
Aleksander Barkov | - | 2 | 2 | |
Vasily Podkolzin | 1 | - | 1 | |
Matthew Tkachuk | 1 | - | 1 | |
Connor Brown | - | 1 | 1 | |
Aaron Ekblad | - | 1 | 1 | |
Anton Lundell | - | 1 | 1 | |
Eetu Luostarinen | - | 1 | 1 | |
Jake Walman | - | 1 | 1 | |
Sam Bennett | - | - | - | |
Sergei Bobrovsky | - | - | - | |
Evan Bouchard | - | - | - | |
Leon Draisaitl | - | - | - | |
Mattias Ekholm | - | - | - | |
Gustav Forsling | - | - | - | |
Trent Frederic | - | - | - | |
Jonah Gadjovich | - | - | - | |
A.J. Greer | - | - | - | |
Adam Henrique | - | - | - | |
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