"But circumstances were not normal last week, when the Ravens' injury report and the arrest of three NBA figures on gambling charges created a sky-is-falling theme in the sports world. This was inevitable, right? A sports world that didn't just invite gambling into games but handed it a drink and sat it in the owners' suite had a scandal. But you can hold two opposing thoughts about all this:"
"Every player knows what's happening in sports. How can they not? A former Dolphins player talked of getting a notice from a bettor who won $30,000 on a prop bet of the player's game stats. Each anniversary, he'd send thanks again. No one invited sports gambling into its game more than NBA commissioner Adam Silver. He spoke publicly about it for years, wrote columns about it and asked when other commissioners remained silent on the subject why sports were still living in the 1950s."
Lamar Jackson will start for the Baltimore Ravens Thursday night against the Miami Dolphins and was listed as 'Full Practice' on the team's injury report. An arrest of three NBA figures on gambling charges last week amplified concerns about sports betting and information handling. One perspective is that the NBA gambling scandal is less severe than historic game-fixing cases because no evidence of game-fixing emerged. A counter perspective is that every league must improve how it handles sensitive information, particularly injury reports, because gamblers target that data and players can be vulnerable to illicit approaches. Players commonly receive messages from bettors about prop bets tied to their statistics, illustrating how gambling reaches individual players. NBA commissioner Adam Silver publicly promoted integrating gambling into sports, leading to pervasive betting ads and betting content across broadcasts and digital platforms. If leagues fully embrace gambling, they must also adopt stricter safeguards to protect integrity and player welfare.
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