Philly fined again for injury report violation

[The4thHorseman]

The NBA fined the 76ers $100,000 for violating the league's injury reporting rules. Philadelphia initially ruled star center Joel Embiid out for a Nov. 30 contest against the Hawks, but he ended up playing in the resulting 142-134 double-overtime loss. The final line of the release -- "The fine takes into account the 76ers' prior history of fines for violating injury reporting rules." -- is notable.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/joel-embiid-injury-nba-fines-76ers/

[EmpireFalls]

Cold world to fine the team for actually playing their injury-prone player despite thinking he wasn’t going to be able to go. We should be rewarding that sort of thing!

[-Luke-]

They probably listed him as out purely out of habit.

[KokoKaizer]

They probably listed him as out purely out of habit.

Excellent

[druggas]

Probably pissed off the mafia who bet against them.

[SkyHook]

Nonsensical. The only reason this is an issue is because the league has decided to cater to degenerate gamblers.

[Cubbies2120]

Nonsensical. The only reason this is an issue is because the league has decided to cater to degenerate gamblers.

I think it's more catering to the sportsbooks, given recent history of people 'in the know' leaking if someone will/will not play, allowing gamblers to get a leg up on the books.

Can't have people exploiting multi billion dollar corporations!

[hauntedcomputer]

AI-generated injury report searched the Internet and delivered reasonable slop

[SkyHook]

Nonsensical. The only reason this is an issue is because the league has decided to cater to degenerate gamblers.

I think it's more catering to the sportsbooks, given recent history of people 'in the know' leaking if someone will/will not play, allowing gamblers to get a leg up on the books.

Can't have people exploiting multi billion dollar corporations!

Sportsbooks and degenerate gamblers. To-may-to, to-mah-to.