[Charania] Game changer: The league’s new collective bargaining agreement will give players the ability to invest in NBA and WNBA teams, as well as promote and/or invest in sports betting and cannabis companies, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.
Game changer: The league's new collective bargaining agreement will give players the ability to invest in NBA and WNBA teams, as well as promote and/or invest in sports betting and cannabis companies, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 2, 2023
by DRAZZILB1424
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>…as well as **promote and/or invest in sports betting** and cannabis companies, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.
Uhhh… 🚩🚩🚩
Is THIS an April fools joke?
This will help LeOwner
players promoting gambling. can’t see how this will go well.
This better be an April fools joke or this league is fucked.
David Stern rolling in his grave rn
I don’t believe shit today. Check back tomorrow
April 1st is the worst for serious news.
Investing in NBA teams?? While currently playing? Shocked they allowed this
And here’s the reason the players agreed to the other trash things in the CBA
Ehm what?
players going to be throwing games
What the fuck is this CBA??
Is promoting/investing in sports betting not a massive conflict of Interest?
The fix is in
Lmaooo please tell me this is a April Fool’s joke
Stars gonna start investing in teams and then just team up there and drive up the value of their shares
adam silvers nba
Certainly there’s no way this could backfire
sports gambling has gone too far
The sports betting is incredibly problematic
Investing in sports betting companies? Fuck off, man. Refs are already blatantly trying to skew games towards the spread. Players investing, which I know may not seem wild, has the potential to be fucking terrible. Dark money style shit. The conflicts of interest that are incoming are about to fuck this league up to crazy levels. This may be the worst CBA in American sports history. My fucking god. I thought Gary Bettman and the NHL was a joke, but the NBA makes them look competent. And yes I keep editing this comment because this is fucking bonkers, I keep having new things to say about it and I am unhinged.
can’t be serious.. how does betting have this much of a chokehold on the nba? from inappropriate commercials to commentators placing their “bets” to promote the sites to now this
only money matters. fuck everything else right
Investing in WNBA teams and cannabis companies: Good
Being able to invest in sports betting and NBA teams: Bad
Unless this is only for retired players then it’s not a big deal.
Ok this has to be april fools right
Adam Silver is legitimately ruining the NBA. It’s time for him to go.
Players endorsing sports betting is an *extremely* odd look
I’m sure we’ll see plenty of the players who complain about fans heckling them about their bets be happy to accept the right bag if a gambling site throws it at them
The industry makes far too much money to stop and nothing will be done about it as long as it can be argued that gambling is a relatively harmless vice compared to drugs and alcohol
When does the new CBA start? Also they need to get rid of Cj and Grant Williams they are absolutely horrific.
This is genuinely very bad and going to result in serious mistrust of players with conflicting interests in sports betting. I get sports betting is a huge money maker but idk
Calvin Ridley just got suspended for a whole year in the NFL for betting on games. Does Adam Silver think that NBA players partnering with sports books won’t have the same outcome?? This league is so fucking cooked LMAO
We are about to see the most fraudulent season ever next season
Investing in sports betting as active players? The fuck?
Players are now allowed to promote betting companies????? What the fuck.
As if the NBA doesn’t already have enough issues with fans and even players thinking the games are rigged of influenced by gambling.
Damn, it always felt strange how late USA was to the overall trend of the betting industry..
And now when sports in Europe are already trying to fight it (albeit slowly), NBA is going full swing.
Can’t wait to see an NBA finals where the top player on a team is also part owner of the opposing team.
Oh great. Sports betting. Works so so well. Poor Bradley Beal.
i have no words
Investing in Draft Kings then going 5/17 in a crucial Game 5 is definitely gonna be interesting, lol.
This is absolutely the worst change in the CBA, far worse than anything else, and outweighs all the good changes.
What a fucking joke.
Players being able to work with sports gambling companies seems like such a terrible idea lmao
The more I read about this CBA the less I like it.
christ the gambling been invasive asf
Sounds like a bad idea
Time to start betting unders boys
Our society is falling to a degenerate pile of trash where gambling and weed are marketed to kids through athletes lmao
Gambling is ruining professional sports
I hate almost nothing as much as I hate all this gambling shit. It is a cancer on our society.
I can’t wait til it goes wrong and gets banned again.