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Jontay Porter to be charged with federal felony

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Re: Jontay Porter to be charged with federal felony 

Post#81 » by refshateRaps » Wed Jan 15, 2025 1:22 am

If anyone think this solves anything for the issues or crimes mainstream gambling is going to have on society and the league they are naive.

They bigger concern is why the F is something so seriously problematic being shoved in our faces, and marketed to the youth of during all games.

Sick society.
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Re: Jontay Porter to be charged with federal felony 

Post#82 » by YogurtProducer » Wed Jan 15, 2025 1:41 am

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HumbleRen wrote:Dude is a clear addict.

and its actually sad that we are gonna lock this dude up for years over ultimately not THAT much.


Ok, I get if people are upset saying other comparable crimes don't get punished to the same extent but to say what he did isn't "that much" is pure ****.

He scammed a multi millionaire business out of a few thousand.

Honestly, I couldn't care less. Ban him, fine him, whateveer .... the dude does not deserve to go jail as he is in no way a societal threat
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Re: Jontay Porter to be charged with federal felony 

Post#83 » by MoneyBall » Wed Jan 15, 2025 1:24 pm

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Duffman100 wrote:Guy was about to get a 3 year (with player option) deal worth like 15-20 million.

Just a real stupid decision.

That is a stretch on the contract. Maybe 2 for 5 million or something. You just finished reading that Koreen article so I give you a pass.


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Re: Jontay Porter to be charged with federal felony 

Post#84 » by Zeno » Wed Jan 15, 2025 2:21 pm

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Duffman100 wrote:
Zeno wrote:That is a stretch on the contract. Maybe 2 for 5 million or something. You just finished reading that Koreen article so I give you a pass.


But I nailed the PO.

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His first post has a combination of words starting with P and O. But my go to, non-basketball choice for PO is pissed off.
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Re: Jontay Porter to be charged with federal felony 

Post#85 » by dagger » Thu Jan 30, 2025 6:27 pm

Terry Rozier of the Heat is in being mentioned in connection with a betting investigation by the NY DA. The NBA investigated Rozier a could have years ago but found nothing illegal.

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Re: Jontay Porter to be charged with federal felony 

Post#86 » by ontnut » Thu Jan 30, 2025 7:15 pm

dagger wrote:Terry Rozier of the Heat is in being mentioned in connection with a betting investigation by the NY DA. The NBA investigated Rozier a could have years ago but found nothing illegal.

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https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/heats-terry-rozier-reportedly-under-federal-investigation-for-involvement-with-illegal-betting-scheme-184919579.html

According to the WSJ, U.S. Integrity sent only three alerts involving NBA games over the previous two seasons — two involved games that Porter was playing in; the other was one featuring Rozier.

Rozier has not been charged as it has not been determined by investigators whether he deliberately altered his performance during the game in question.


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Re: Jontay Porter to be charged with federal felony 

Post#87 » by ontnut » Thu Jan 30, 2025 7:20 pm

refshateRaps wrote:If anyone think this solves anything for the issues or crimes mainstream gambling is going to have on society and the league they are naive.

They bigger concern is why the F is something so seriously problematic being shoved in our faces, and marketed to the youth of during all games.

Sick society.

The same reason commercials are all drug companies, insurance companies, alcohol, and junk food.
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Re: Jontay Porter to be charged with federal felony 

Post#88 » by ontnut » Thu Jan 30, 2025 7:27 pm

Jcity08 wrote:The whole Jontay case has always felt weird to me, does he deserve punishment for committing fraud, yes I dont see an issue with that, Im not qualified to determine if the punishment is fair either. My concern is how in bed the NBA and sports in general have been with gambling companies and how they constantly overencourage gambling.

Its always felt dirty to me. Gambling companies tilting the scales and profiting off of peoples misfortune is A-Okay but when a rich spoiled fringe NBA player does it, its like "Throw the book at him", which again I have ZERO problem with but this environment in sports culture is just slimey to me.

The thing with gambling companies, casinos etc., that I don't like is that they're allowed to say who's not allowed to gamble with them, for any BS reason. If you win money, they cut you off to "protect the game". But if you toss your life savings, they willingly accept and send you ads to tempt you to continue. They can blatantly rig the game against the consumer, but when the "consumer" tries to rig it the other way, it's criminal. I can't reconcile that hypocrisy.
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Re: Jontay Porter to be charged with federal felony 

Post#89 » by PhilBlackson » Thu Jan 30, 2025 7:28 pm

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Re: Jontay Porter to be charged with federal felony 

Post#90 » by Clay Davis » Thu Jan 30, 2025 7:28 pm

L rizz move by the NBA to promote gambling. I guarantee that multiple NBA players have faced direct pressure from criminals who pressure them to throw games. IMO the league shouldn't promote gambling at all, but if they do they should be responsible for providing athletes with guarantees of their personal safety.
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