Commenters distinguish active players from retired endorsers
4 Today 9:21 AM · 14h ago · 16 comments · 1 source · development 4 of 5
One commenter notes particular concern with LeBron's involvement since he is still actively playing, contrasting him with retired athletes and actors also shilling gambling but no longer competing.
“The reason I choose to be pissed at LeBron is the fact that he's still actively playing. Kevin Hart, Luis Guzman, Carl Weathers, John Cena and Blake Griffin are actors. Gronkowski, Barkley & Joe Montana are retired. All of them fucking suck for shilling this cancer though.”
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It was nice back when there was a perceived separation. But they make the owners and networks and affiliated groups EVEN MORE CASH. The NFL network is there to cater to betters. The chests of Premier League players promote this. They are in bed together, and we have to watch them do the deed.
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The reason I choose to be pissed at LeBron is the fact that he's still actively playing. Kevin Hart, Luis Guzman, Carl Weathers, John Cena and Blake Griffin are actors. Gronkowski, Barkley & Joe Montana are retired. All of them fucking suck for shilling this cancer though.
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The NBA Always looks the other way. It's their credo.
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Maybe he is broke and wants to carry everybody down with him! You know like somebody else we all know.
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Pete Rose made bets against his own team that they would lose games he played. Not the same thing. I say that as somebody who does not gamble and thinks all this gambling ad horseshit is nuts. It certainly leads to a higher likelihood of more “Pete Roses” emerging in sport. Clase and Ortiz in 2025.
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It's disgusting. Young people look up to him. He should think about that.
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And if nothing else morally illegal. Encouraging people to gamble is an atrocity bc they can get addicted to it and that is a big problem
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Wasn’t Michael Jordan suspended from the NBA for gambling, which led to his shirt-lived pro baseball career?
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Not any different than any other celeb slumming for online gambling ad’s like Kevin fucking Hart.
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LBJ is morally bankrupt but I’ve heard that his actual bank account is pretty solid.
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Iy's not just the NBA. ALL US sports have gambling problems.
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The red entirety of pro sport is corrupt and sickening
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Felt the same way about Lisa Leslie doing it….
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The opposite - dumping on him bc we respected him and are now disappointed. Has nothing to do w skin color.
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Almost $500 for a ticket to see a game too since they signed him. Just another Entitled scumbag..
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These gambling sites will have all the money they want to throw at celebrities.
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