Running athletes busted for gambling thread

You're not worth a billion dollars. (No offense )

 

I would say that while the explanation isn't implausible, it's stupid enough that you would think there had to be a more logical explanation than the one we were given.

My wife also handles our financial stuff. I think that's pretty normal.

Ohtani gave unfettered access to his bank account to his interpreter. Ohtani's financial people had to go through the interpreter to get access to information about the accounts and he wouldn't give it to them. That's nuts.

I think "the interpreter is taking the fall for Ohtani" makes infinitely more sense. It just isn't what happened here.

 

I don't know if it's nuts that Ohtani trusted the one guy in the USA he was with every day. He didn't have anybody else at that point. Even if he wanted to fully trust his financial people, he'd need the interpreter to be the middle man.

 

A lackey running up millions in gambling debt?

Sure, Mike.

 

That's one way to look at it.

Another way to look at it is: Does $41 million mean anything to you? If it does, you look after it. You.

Or have some checks and balances. If Eppei has access to your account, have the lowest level new hire at his wealth management firm do a monthly cash reconciliation. Takes 15 minutes, tops.

If $41 million doesn't mean anything to you, you let the team interpreter/personal errand boy whom you've known for less than a decade, have unfettered access.

 

And it was a lot more than $41 mil.
Errand boy kept the winnings, and wired the losses from Shoehei's account.

 

Yup. That's another way to look at it.

 

A gambling investigation in the CFL, eh.

Retired CFL Champ Suspended Indefinitely for Wagering on Games in Which He Played

 

Good thing he's retired!

 

How many lifetime bans did Steve Howe get?

Maybe the silver lining is a week after banning someone for life, an unpopular commish will clutch their chest and drop.