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Fantasy Sports: A Problem For Athletes

In 1989 Pete Rose was suspended for betting on baseball, this was the most recent time a member of the Big 4 American Sports was suspended for gambling on their sport. Unfortunately many athletes gamble every day through fantasy sports and they have a direct outcome in the result because they are playing in a game. Right now the leagues have been focusing on domestic abuse, which is a very big and very important problem that needs to be eliminated, but I am surprised that none of the commisioners have acknowledged that this is an issue. The NCAA has already banned fantasy sports for collegiate athletes, even though collegiate fantasy sports isn't very popular it's good to see the NCAA has actually made a productive rule. The reason fantasy sports for athletes is so big of an issue is that there is a conflict of interest because they are playing in the game they are gambling on. Athletes make a lot of money, so most of them would probably play in a league which you would win money in because they can afford it. An example of a problem that this could cause is let's say that Matt Holliday the outfielder for the Cardinals who is a known fantasy sports player goes 0-4. An 0-4 usually happens to everyone, but what if Matt Holliday's 0-4 game is on the last day of the season and he is in the final week of the fantasy baseball season and his opponent is starting Matt Holliday. Matt Holliday could go 0-4 and prevent his opponent from winning so he could win money. Athletes playing fantasy sports is definitely a problem, and I hope it is solved very soon.