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Surin Petro

πŸ‘€ Speaker
610 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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H1 Monologue, Royals, Chiefs, World Cup

is gambling on his games, and you have to play against him because the local, I don't know, Buffalo, New York magistrate says, it's okay, Josh Allen was betting on games.

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H1 Monologue, Royals, Chiefs, World Cup

Or even worse, Coach, how about this?

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H1 Monologue, Royals, Chiefs, World Cup

This is the part that people don't want to turn around.

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H1 Monologue, Royals, Chiefs, World Cup

How about your players are all tanking games, and you can't cut them?

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H1 Monologue, Royals, Chiefs, World Cup

Now, it probably wouldn't happen because the legal... But you've set a precedent now, right?

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H1 Monologue, Royals, Chiefs, World Cup

Like, I know that's not... No, no, no.

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H1 Monologue, Royals, Chiefs, World Cup

What he did was he made it okay for the guy to play because it helps him.

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H1 Monologue, Royals, Chiefs, World Cup

I know, but that's now a legal precedent that you cannot discipline somebody who says that they have an addiction.

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H1 Monologue, Royals, Chiefs, World Cup

And so if you tank the game and you try to cut the guy...

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H1 Monologue, Royals, Chiefs, World Cup

Can he now sue the team because we've set the precedent that, no, no, he has an addiction.

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H1 Monologue, Royals, Chiefs, World Cup

His mental health sucks, and so you can't cut him.

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H1 Monologue, Royals, Chiefs, World Cup

So we're going to put an injunction out for every player because the precedent has been set no matter which way you gamble on the team.

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H1 Monologue, Royals, Chiefs, World Cup

Or are we actually setting legal precedent that we know it's clearly shady and a problem when you bet on or bet for?

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H1 Monologue, Royals, Chiefs, World Cup

I mean, give baseball credit.

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H1 Monologue, Royals, Chiefs, World Cup

They outed Pete Rose.

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H1 Monologue, Royals, Chiefs, World Cup

They sent him out.

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H1 Monologue, Royals, Chiefs, World Cup

Pete only bet on his team, which I've explained many times over the years that, okay, so when he didn't bet on his team, he's making it pretty clear he doesn't think they're going to win.

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H1 Monologue, Royals, Chiefs, World Cup

And even more importantly, and there are histories to this, when he did bet on the Reds, he would empty the clip on the bullpen to get the win.

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H1 Monologue, Royals, Chiefs, World Cup

And I've talked to former Reds who will tell you that they all knew what was going on, and yes, they knew.

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H1 Monologue, Royals, Chiefs, World Cup

They would joke around about, you better be ready to come into the game.