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Justice Brandeis

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2. The precedent set from the 1919 Black Sox scandal
Sun Nov 9, 2025, 03:10 PM
Nov 9

says that you need not get a guilty conviction in criminal court to bar players from baseball for throwing games.

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Collusion is never a good thing FakeNoose Nov 9 #1
The precedent set from the 1919 Black Sox scandal Justice Brandeis Nov 9 #2
As it should be. paleotn Nov 9 #5
They rigged it and bet on it big time and thought nobody would notice? Well either I am wrong or ? twodogsbarking Nov 9 #3
How the heck would that work? LudwigPastorius Nov 9 #4
Micro-betting is a thing... GJGCA Nov 9 #8
Yes, but how would the pitchers indicate to the bettors what pitch they were about to throw? LudwigPastorius Nov 9 #9
A wink or a nod .. GJGCA Nov 9 #11
_ LudwigPastorius Nov 9 #13
Why? RandySF Nov 9 #6
They threw away their careers for this. Diamond_Dog Nov 9 #7
Hard to believe. Clase blew his chance at enormous wealth. Auggie Nov 9 #12
I will never understand it. Diamond_Dog Nov 9 #14
Partially True. Closers in general don't get big money contracts for as long of terms as starting pitchers Wiz Imp Nov 9 #16
Mariano Rivera deserved a lot more Polybius Nov 9 #17
Rivera apparently earned a total of approximately $170 million over 18 seasons Wiz Imp Nov 9 #18
He was so good, he deserved more Polybius Nov 9 #19
Partially true? Dead-on-balls accurate ... Auggie Nov 9 #23
Aren't you just the smartest guy in the world? Wiz Imp Nov 9 #30
Maybe it's not just money. LisaM Nov 9 #20
It's looking like professional sports, generally, are infested with gambling collusion Ponietz Nov 9 #10
Same thing the NBA player was arrested Deminpenn Nov 9 #15
It doesn't help that the announcers freaking dissect every pitch. LisaM Nov 9 #21
It's sometimes tedioius listening to the announcers I will admit FakeNoose Nov 9 #25
This beaks my heart. MontanaMama Nov 9 #22
If The Thing and his clowns and some SROTUS memers do, why not pitchers? Wonder Why Nov 9 #24
This is so true! The sport of baseball needs to remain clean of the possibility of gambling FakeNoose Nov 9 #27
Gambling is for suckers (n/t) PJMcK Nov 9 #26
SCOTUS opened the gates of corruption RVN VET71 Nov 9 #28
Already making $ each of us can only dream of wolfie001 Nov 9 #29
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