Is sports betting morally wrong for sports writers?

Your rep isn't for that... ;D

 

Thank you for the gramer lezon.
. bet or bet·ted, bet·ting, bets

v. tr.

To stake (an amount, for example) in a bet.
To make a bet with: I bet them that we would be first.
To make a bet on (a contestant or an outcome).
To maintain confidently, as if making a bet: I bet they were surprised by the news.

v. intr.
To make or place a bet.

 

Let the buyers beware. If some bettors lose a few bucks, tough shit.

 

I've got a bet for some sportswriters.

 

My paper has chosen to have its marketing head determine content on our Web site..... no, it certainly not morally wrong... anymore.

 

Yesterday someone told me I could go through a certain someone ... and so today I will, starting with the 1 o'clockers ... 4-teamer at fitty, 10 to 1.

I'm no longer a sports writer so I don't have to worry about the question the thread title asks.

 

are we talking about placing a bet with a bookie for serious bucks? then yes, it's ethically wrong.

you wanna be a part of a weekly office football pool or the like, i've got no prob.

 

That said, isn't there a problem with beat writers being asked to pick games involving teams they cover. My problem with it has been the perception that beat writers are "insiders" and their predictions would have more sway than some Vegas guy.

 

Not sure about the moral implications, but anybody who's been in this business for a wile should see how foolish it would be to bet the games.

It ain't rigged, it's just rigged to take your money.

 

Not true ... bookies are just looking to take equal action and profit off the vig. That's all the line is designed to do is to make the decision tough enough that people bet on both sides. Sports betting isn't necessarily a losing proposition ... in fact, if you go to a casino in Vegas, it's one of the best ways to gamble because the house doesn't have an edge. It's supposed to basically be a coin flip. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. You don't always lose (unless you're really bad at it).

 

In "All the President's Men", the Washington Post had a betting pool during the 1972 presidential election. I think Bernstein bet Nixon, with 50-something percent of the vote.