We can argue all we want about whether athletes should be able to bet on other sports or not but as long as it is against the rules and as long as those rules are clear, which they are I have zero sympathy for anyone who breaks the rules. If these guys are too stupid to follow basic rules they deserve the punishment.
As for this case with how easily Pinto and the NHLPA took the punishment it seems pretty clear that they know what happened was wrong/bad.
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