Tim Donaghy, the former NBA referee who did prison time after admitting he bet on games while officiating in the early 2000s, does not believe Los Angeles Dodger star Shohei Ohtani’s assertion he did not know about his interpreter’s gambling addiction.
“I think Major League Baseball was smart to sweep this under the rug as quickly as possible,” Donaghy told OutKick’s Hot Mic. “You look at that guy and what he’s done for baseball globally and the fans he’s attracted around the world, the last thing they want is for him to be somebody who’s involved in betting on his own games and maybe doing things that he wasn’t supposed to do.
“I think they were very smart to get that under the rug as quickly as possible and say that he had nothing to do with it, and basically have this other guy take the fall for everything,” he added.
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