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re: Alabama baseball coach fired...
Posted on 5/6/23 at 5:24 pm to Glorious
Posted on 5/6/23 at 5:24 pm to Glorious
quote:
The boys turn around and win a series against #5 Vandy. Good for them
They’re going to make the tourney as a 3 seed and make the regional hosts life fricking miserable.
The pitching depth is honestly ridiculous.
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Posted on 5/6/23 at 9:28 pm to ProjectP2294
So now a separate investigation is taking place centered on Iowa athletes
LINK
LINK
quote:
Hearing that the NCAA is investigating several University of Iowa athletes, including at least one baseball player. The investigation surrounds student athletes and gambling.
The University of Alabama fired Brad Bohannon under similar circumstances on Thursday.
Posted on 5/7/23 at 7:59 am to CapstoneGrad06
quote:
His job was cush. He won enough to keep that job for a long time. He recruited well. And was building a roster that would keep Alabama competitive. We would be happy with that. But throws it all away to make $7200 on a stupid bet. Who knows how bad the fallout for the program is now. Alabama got fricked bad in this too.
Has anyone officially reported the lines on the game and how much was put down? $7200 in winnings he didn’t bet $100k as has been reported on TD, but I haven’t seen anything official?
Posted on 5/7/23 at 8:57 am to baldona
Here is what I HAVENT seen - where is any evidence whatsoever that Bohannon was going to take a cut of the winnings on this bet or that he even frickin knew they guy was going to place a bet based on the info he gave him? I would think those would be important pieces of information to know before we crucify this coach.
Posted on 5/7/23 at 9:10 am to BrainKellyRespecter
quote:You’ve already been fired Brad, you’re not getting your job back.
BrainKellyRespecter
Posted on 5/7/23 at 10:14 am to baldona
quote:
Has anyone officially reported the lines on the game and how much was put down? $7200 in winnings he didn’t bet $100k as has been reported on TD, but I haven’t seen anything official?
I think the line was LSU -245 or something, but no official report on how much money was put down. I honestly think the $100k figure initiated with Jimmy Ott on Hannigriff’s show early in the week. He made an educated guess that it would have probably taken a bet that big to be flagged. I think people took that and ran with it. And with the odds, it made sense—they’d have to bet a shite-ton to make anything substantial.
However, I’m pretty sure Ott came back after talking to some people and said he heard it was in the low 5 figures, like $10-$20k. Which is a much more sensible bet on a college baseball game. But the payout on that would be so small for a guy making $500k a year, that the juice wouldn’t be worth the squeeze on its face. There’s got to be a lot more to this. It’ll be interesting to see what all comes out.
But whether he placed a $100k bet, a $100 bet, or just tipped somebody off, he still should have been shitcanned and never work in baseball at any level where gambling is involved.
Posted on 5/7/23 at 10:59 am to Hot Carl
quote:Regular gamblers are degenerates. The juice is never worth the squeeze. It doesn't matter if it's $100k or $10. Those types of people can't NOT bet on something. They are always gonna end up losing because they can't stop.
But the payout on that would be so small for a guy making $500k a year, that the juice wouldn’t be worth the squeeze on its face.
Posted on 2/1/24 at 3:45 pm to The Egg
An update to this story.
NCAA Website
Full Negotiated Resolution Document
quote:
On April 28, 2023, prior to Alabama's baseball game against Louisiana State University (LSU),
Bohannon sent several electronic messages via the Signal encrypted messaging application to a
bettor that Bohannon knew was involved in sports wagering activities. The electronic messages
indicated that an Alabama baseball student-athlete (student-athlete 1), the scheduled starting
pitcher for that evening's contest against LSU, would not start the contest due to an injury.
Bohannon provided this information to the bettor before reporting the starting lineup (with student-
athlete 1 replaced as the starting pitcher) to the LSU coaching staff. Specifically, Bohannon texted
the bettor: "HAMMER … [Student-athlete 1] is out for sure … Lemme know when I can tell
LSU… Hurry."
quote:
Shortly after receiving the electronic messages from Bohannon, the bettor attempted to place
a $100,000 wager on the LSU baseball team at the BetMGM sportsbook at the Great American
Ballpark in Cincinnati but the sportsbook staff limited the bettor to a $15,000 wager. The bettor
then attempted to place additional wagers involving the April 28 Alabama vs. LSU baseball game,
but the sportsbook staff declined the wagers due to suspicious activity. This suspicious activity
included the bettor's insistent demeanor to get the bet placed and statements to sportsbook staff
that the bet was "for sure going to win" and "if only you guys knew what I knew." The suspicious
activity also included the bettor showing sportsbook staff messages from Bohannon and explaining
that the messages were Bohannon informing bettor that Alabama was scratching its starting pitcher
before the game and before Bohannon alerted LSU.
NCAA Website
Full Negotiated Resolution Document
Posted on 2/1/24 at 3:51 pm to McVick
Sounds like his middle man was dumber than he was.
Who knew Vegas would actually show some character and prevent the bet
Who knew Vegas would actually show some character and prevent the bet
Posted on 2/1/24 at 3:52 pm to McVick
OMG
What a frickin moron
Talk about having the worst “friend” in history
Have the message sent on an encrypted app and then do THAT?
How does someone that stupid ever get to a point where he accumulates 100 K? LOL
What a frickin moron
Talk about having the worst “friend” in history
Have the message sent on an encrypted app and then do THAT?
How does someone that stupid ever get to a point where he accumulates 100 K? LOL
Posted on 2/1/24 at 3:53 pm to Tshiz
quote:I don’t think stopping the bet was showing character..
Who knew Vegas would actually show some character and prevent the bet
Posted on 2/1/24 at 4:11 pm to McVick
shite, I thought Signal was safe
Posted on 2/1/24 at 4:20 pm to castorinho
It is, until you hand it over to the authorities
Posted on 2/1/24 at 4:26 pm to Tshiz
quote:
Sounds like his middle man was dumber than he was
If what is in the report is accurate, then these could be two of the dumbest MFer I've ever seen. The Alabama HC, at minimum, had to know what he was doing was highly questionable. An act that, if caught, would likely prevent him from ever working as a baseball coach again. If he didn't, then he was the dumbest person in college coaching.
Assuming he wasn't, then how do you not make sure you aren't conspiring with a complete dipshit? This had to be the first bet these two idiots ever worked together on, right? No way, when face with suspicion by the sportsbook, do you tell them you know the bet is a "lock".
quote:
Who knew Vegas would actually show some character and prevent the bet
It has literally nothing to do with character. There is a VERY small market for college baseball betting. So no sportsbook is going to take on a huge amount of risk/liability (such as a $100k bet) on a sport on which the house has relatively little information on...because the market doesn't support that effort.
I'll give Harry and Marv the benefit of the doubt that both were such novice bettors that they weren't aware sportsbooks often have limits on how much you can bet. Particularly on very minor sports. But once you are informed there is a $15k limit you accept it and move on. You don't argue the limit should be raised because you have a "can't lose" bet
Posted on 2/1/24 at 4:29 pm to The Egg
quote:
So now a separate investigation is taking place centered on Iowa athletes
News came out recently on this Iowa investigation that caught a bunch of Iowa and Iowa State athletes. The whole thing was done illegally.
Posted on 2/1/24 at 4:36 pm to Tshiz
quote:
Who knew Vegas would actually show some character and prevent the bet
The house gets smashed if the line isn’t adjusted to handle inside info.
Doubly so on sports with very low betting activity like college baseball.
This isnt Lefty Rosenthal betting against Kansas basketball because Wilt Chamberlain is out with gigantic swollen balls.
This post was edited on 2/1/24 at 4:36 pm
Posted on 2/1/24 at 4:42 pm to teke184
quote:
The NCAA in essence ended Bohannon’s college coaching career. It handed down a 15-year show-cause order against Bohannon, which means that any NCAA school that wishes to hire him for an athletically related position over that time frame must first get approval from the NCAA Committee on Infractions. And for the first five years of the show-cause order, any school that wishes to hire him must suspend him for the baseball regular season.
LINK
Posted on 2/1/24 at 5:51 pm to McVick
With retards, expect retardation
Posted on 2/1/24 at 6:17 pm to McVick
Coach is lucky he hasn’t been indicted by the Feds
Posted on 2/1/24 at 6:19 pm to boosiebadazz
Just because he hasn’t been yet doesn’t mean he won’t be. Same with the idiot showing employees at the sports book those texts. Holy shite
This post was edited on 2/1/24 at 6:20 pm
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