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Originally Posted by devo22
definitely looks like a bigger scandal. Juventus midfielder Fagioli has now been banned for 7 months, and both Tonali and Zaniolo face lengthy bans as well ... reports in Italy say Tonali even bet on Milan games, so that will surely be a longer ban. Other players might be involved as well.
I have no problem if they throw the book at them. Sport betting is a cancer anyway IMO and if players are that stupid I have little sympathy. There's an obvious hypocrisy here though, given that teams will happily slap bet companies on their shirts and so on ... that should stop too.
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First of all, being surprised that football clubs are hypocritical when it comes to money is almost cute but secondly Fagioli in particular plays for Juventus.
One of the teeny, tiny things that a lot of people overlook is that Juventus is...publicly traded on the Italian Stock Exchange.
Which is only slightly less corrupt than the Italian Football Association. So...having a player violate betting ethics clauses affects all of the shareholders and that becomes something of a problem.