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Originally Posted by deweyinthehall
I'm not sure Mays' punishment was appropriate, but I do believe that a day is coming where MLB as well as the other leagues rue their enthusiastic endorsement of gambling, both off the field AND on.
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Not pish-poshing it, but I see no scenario possible in which a casino partnership could cause them to rue the day.
This is not the early 19th century or even the 80's with player salaries. There is no theoretical situation in which a corporate casino could pay to disrupt an event and make it both unknown and additionally financially worth a star-players time in todays salaries to risk a career.
The only possibility would be a player owing millions to organized crime due to some addiction and tweaking a game for the mob to clear a debt which sounds like a bad movie plot (or if you believe like I do, the reason Michael Jordan retired the first time). That situation would have nothing to do with MLB letting a casino advertise.
MGM Resorts has been the "Official Gaming Partner of Major League Baseball" since 2018. Even though Bowie Kuhn is rolling his incredibly annoying self around in his grave, there has been nothing of note with the partnership. Other than profits that is.
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