From ESPN:
Houston Astros right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. said he and his family were the subjects of death threats made on social media after he allowed seven runs as part of a 10-run first inning for the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday night.
A team spokesperson said the Astros notified the Houston Police Department and Major League Baseball security about the threats.
"I understand people are very passionate and people love the Astros and love sports, but threatening to find my kids and murder them is a little bit tough to deal with," McCullers said. "So just as a father, I think there have been many, many threats over the years aimed at me, mostly, and I think actually one or two people from other issues around baseball actually had to go to jail for things like that. But I think bringing kids into the equation, threatening to find them or next time they see us in public they're going to stab my kids to death, things like that, it's tough to hear as a dad."
Notice what is NOT mentioned here (or anywhere in the full article, please feel free to check it out on ESPN.com?) Any hint that the death threats may be coming from gamblers who have lost money betting on McCullers' appearances on the mound. No, those threats just couldn't be coming from people who have lost money - they must be from people who "love sports" and "love the Astros" and are just "passionate" about the game.
Why can't ESPN even acknowledge the gigantic, multi-billion dollar elephant in the room? Well, how could they? It's a major revenue stream. And as we all know, it's very easy for people to ignore something obvious if their income depends on their ability to ignore that something.
Sooner or later, ESPN BET and all of the other gambling platforms- as well as the celebrities who pimped out their credibility to pitch this life-ruining addiction and major league sports across the board- will have blood on their hands and will certainly respond with raised hands, a Pikachu face and a lame "nobody saw this coming, thoughts and prayers" bit of legal boilerplate. Because in the end, Capitalism is the only real morality and after all check out the very, very fine print at the bottom of all of these commercials. Butt, Covered.
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