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Should gambling on professional sports get an athlete banned for life?

Results so far:

Yes		39%	56 votes	Total: 142 votes
No		61%	86 votes	Total: 142 votes

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by Amanda Fox

Athletes, coaches, managers, and officials that bet on their sport should receive a permanent ban for their actions. At the heart of sports integrity is key. If we as fans canno...read more
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by Todd Pheifer

The whole magic of sports is that the end is theoretically undefined. In other words, when two teams play, both of them have an equal chance of winning assuming all other thing...read more
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by Stefano Fasulo

It is sad to say that the reason this is a topic of discussion (or debate) is because inside sports betting has been taking place for decades. A professional athlete, although ...read more
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by James Singh

An athlete gambling on professional sports is the equivalent of insider trading or counting cards in Vegas. To add on to that, an athlete could actually affect the outcome of s...read more
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by Keith Grieve

Gambling has played a big part in the popularity of sports. From placing wagers on games to the immensely popular fantasy sports money changes hands based on the outcome of ever...read more
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by Jim Valko

A professional sports athlete betting in his or her sport is a potential murderer of that sport. At the heart of any game is the competition of its players. Sports viewers wat...read more

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by Jeff Axelrod

Dwight Gooden. Darryl Strawberry. Leon Durham. Vida Blue. Keith Hernandez. Ferguson Jenkins. Steve Howe. Otis Nixon. Each of these well-known baseball players has two ...read more
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by Sanjit Datta

Imagine a street one-on-one basketball game between two heated rivals. Each player bets $500 that he will win. The money adds to the fun of the game, since the winner not only t...read more
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by John Howard

I agree that professional athletes should be able to bet on other professional sports, however not on their personal sport. As for the "other" professional non-team sports I do...read more
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by Jeffrey Mcpeanne

If an athlete is betting on his team then he should be banned. However, a professional athlete should be allowed to bet on any sport be it his sport or another sport, but should...read more
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by David Brown

I do not think that there is any reason for a professional athlete to be banned for life from playing the sport that he/she trained for throughout most of their life and for the...read more

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