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In response to "It's in every clubhouse. Don't gamble." by Will Hunting

I'm not saying it's not important, it's just not Rule #1

Posted by znufrii Aug 4 '09, 18:43

which seems obvious to me, that you don't compromise the game on the field.

Rule #2 could easily be: don't do anything (including gambling) which makes it appear that Rule #1 has been violated.

Responses:

"Don't gamble on baseball" shouldn't just be Rule #1, it should be a given. - TWuG Aug 4, 18:48 12
- Does Barry Bonds own the all time home run record without roids? - Redmond Aug 4, 18:50 11
  - Of course it's a scar. But it's also a question that can't be answered. - TWuG Aug 4, 18:55 10
    - So the appearance of cheating is worse than actual cheating. -- nm - TFox Aug 4, 18:57 9
      - There are degrees of cheating. Gambling is worse than steroids or scuffing a ball or tarring a bat. -- nm - TWuG Aug 4, 19:00 8
        
        Gambling is not cheating, so it obviously gets a very low degree. - TFox Aug 4, 19:01 7
        
        And show me a test to see if a player or coach is gambling. You can't. If a player gambles and is caught - TWuG Aug 4, 19:07 6
        
        Unless the player is taking a substance like HGH which cannot be detected with current drug tests -- nm - Redmond Aug 4, 19:10
        
        So, in your world, the uncertainty of knowing whether or not the integrity of the game has been compromised is worse than knowing it has been? -- nm - znufrii Aug 4, 19:10 4
        
        Every game a gambler plays in is tainted, whether cheating takes place or not. - TWuG Aug 4, 19:16 3
        
        so in other words, the answer to my question is yes. - znufrii Aug 4, 19:19
        
        ooh, experiment: i bet you $5 you'll flip heads. now flip a coin. is it heads? - TFox Aug 4, 19:17 1
        
        You can never trust a gambler to play his best game. If playing poorly gets him more than playing well, he'll play poorly. - TWuG Aug 4, 20:00

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