we have gone past a point of maybe no return. i don t think we can say that yet. the system did work but the bet that he put on the line was outrageous. he starts a game and playing in the game. $80,000 on his performance. you have the potential to win $1.1 million. that s nuts. this guy had a problem and the league stepped in. it is a stunning amount of money. what is also crucial to know is that these kind of bets that porter allegedly made couldn t have been made 35 years ago when pete rose was banned forever for betting on baseball. when rose was betting on baseball, he was betting on the reds to win. he wasn t placing so-called prop bets. a prop bet is a specific bet involving a very specific thing like how many home runs will ohtani hit tonight or how many
three-pointers will porter make tonight. not only can we place bets on phones, couches, the locker rooms inside the stadiums but place these specific prop bets. that s what s dangerous here. a player may or may not have control over the outcome of a team sport, an entire game. but when it comes to a prop bet specific to that player s performance in that game he or she has total control and that is a real red flag here with what happened with porter. dana: can i ask you this? in the next few months we ll have the olympics. is that another place where this could happen? absolutely. this is the concern that every sport has. if and when we as fans stop believing that what we re seeing on the field or the court isn t