I just don't understand why a PL player, who has to be earning in a year what most people would regard a lottery win, would risk it all and do something so daft. How much money does an individual need?
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Footballers are human so like everyone else susceptible to gambling addictions, etc.I just don't understand why a PL player, who has to be earning in a year what most people would regard a lottery win, would risk it all and do something so daft. How much money does an individual need?
Or maybe he was just too thick to know what he was doing was wrong?
Joey Barton got 13 months for 1,260 offences, so won't be that high. Most places are saying guessing "several" months, so between 3 and 5 I guess.
Yes it appreciate that, but I'm assuming that the problem was he was gambling on football. If it had been on the horses, he wouldn't be in trouble? I'm not au fair with the technicalities.
I imagine it’s not about the financial returns but the boredom of being a footballer and the susceptibility to gambling or addictions as another poster wrote.I just don't understand why a PL player, who has to be earning in a year what most people would regard a lottery win, would risk it all and do something so daft. How much money does an individual need?
He didn't have to be gambling on Football....... It's dumb.
True. These guys end up gambling on their own sport because that's where they have "inside knowledge" to beat the bookies. Same with the tennis players who have been busted.
But yeah, it's dumb.
In which case, it's less about the buzz of gambling and more about manipulating your position for financial gain..... Thus still no sympathy.
Still the buzz of gambling though, right? These guys are just the kids that bought the cheat code magazines for the video games. They want to play, but they only want to win.
Given the detail of what we're talking about, it veers more into the buzz of getting 'dodgy money' and/or not getting caught.
There's less gamble by playing with a stacked deck.
True....... Still struggling to muster any sympathy ahead of my prior thoughts.
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Oh I've got zero sympathy, as well.
If only these top players had agents and manage rs who could keep them on the right path
Oh, but they don't get paid anywhere near enough to do that kind of thing........
So this woman went to a footballers house while his wife wasnt there to shake his hand? It just seems so ridiculous.
That’s usually how most rapes happen
Really? It just makes no sense to go see a married footballer in his house while his wife is away other than for 'relations'. She wouldnt go there to play board games. It seems they realise the dudes not gona give her expensive gifts so they have regrets.
They were seeing each other, but that doesn’t mean she has to have sex with him just because she went to his house.
Yea I dont buy the board games argument.