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Running athletes busted for gambling thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Inky_Wretch, May 8, 2023.

  1. BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo

    BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo Well-Known Member

    You're not worth a billion dollars. (No offense :D)
     
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  2. PCLoadLetter

    PCLoadLetter Well-Known Member

    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.
     
  3. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    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.
     
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  4. goalmouth

    goalmouth Well-Known Member

    A lackey running up millions in gambling debt?

    Sure, Mike.
     
  5. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    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.
     
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  6. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

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

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

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

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

  9. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Good thing he's retired!
     
  10. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

    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.
     
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  11. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

     
    Last edited: May 8, 2024
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  12. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    Jesus, most traffic tickets don't get resolved that quickly.
    Nothing else to see here, folks. Move on.
     
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