The bigger concern regarding the NBA scandal is player involvement in game fixing, which undermines the integrity of the sport.

“But it seems to me that the bigger scandal here, the one that that that really should be worrying everybody is the Terry Rosier scandal. That the the idea that you actually have game fixing or effects on actual NBA performance, that's the one that should scare everybody.”

The legalized gambling era creates problematic scenarios for sports leagues when players fix games.

“And that's going to be very problematic, Ben, moving forward for all sports leagues as legalized gambling has sort of ushered into this space.”

Gambling should be decriminalized and regulated at the federal level to ensure standardization, transparency, and better oversight.

“I think gambling generally as we call it should be decriminalized and I don't like this statebystate setup with gambling. I think we should have a federal regulatory body to oversee, monitor”

He characterizes the current situation involving federal arrests as seismic news that threatens the integrity of the league.

“And so obviously this is seismic news around the NBA. Never have we seen an acting head coach be involved in a federal investigation and arrest like this.”

He maintains that the current NBA gambling scandal is deeply rooted in long-standing mafia involvement and is not a political vendetta by Donald Trump.

“This didn't start under Trump, Stephen. Okay, this started under the autopen administration. This happened two years ago and they're building a case.”

He considers the allegations of rigging poker games and sports manipulation to be a serious moral and integrity issue.

“Charms, wasn't it in multiple different states where these illegal poker games were happening where they were they had devices and things which I don't maybe I'm naive, but if there's a an illegal poker game, that's one thing you're running that. But then if there's more charges if you're cheating a”

He believes the NBA is rigged, asserting that most people already assumed this to be the case.

“So, let's talk about something kind of normal for once, like the NBA being rigged, which I think most people already assumed.”

The normalization of gambling has made such scandals inevitable because athletes, who are naturally competitive, struggle to manage their behavior when gambling becomes a high-stakes lifestyle.

“when competition aholics aren't on the court at the highest gladiator spectacle level of we play in front of millions every day, They're gambling and competing like that on airplanes in card games with giant amounts of money and when you retire that doesn't like your money may be gone but the desire”