Another reason why I can't stand A-Roid!

[RBLwebguy]

Source: MLB could suspend Alex Rodriguez for illegal poker - ESPN New York

Need I say more! He is an arrogant jerk and I can't stand him!

[Jeremy Weimer]

Yes you need to say more. You can't stand him because he plays underground poker?

[hfield007]

Online polls say fans don't believe the steroids problem is gone from the game and a CBA is ending soon...

this is what Selig's office is worried about?
A poker match?

Grant it I understand he has been warned before and if he faces suspension as a result I'm fine with that. As a human being I think A-Rod is a bad role model, a bad sport, and many other things but this is honestly ridiculous.

[CD1083]

Just an FYI, that poker game you and your boys schedule every weekend is probably illegal.

There are lots of reasons to dislike A-Rod, this ain't one of them.

[Erik W.]

Originally Posted by The Chase Davis

Just an FYI, that poker game you and your boys schedule every weekend is probably illegal.

Probably not. Cash games are only illegal if there's a rake. If no one is taking a cut off the top it's perfectly legal to play for money.

[Bluenoser]

Originally Posted by The Chase Davis

Just an FYI, that poker game you and your boys schedule every weekend is probably illegal.

There are lots of reasons to dislike A-Rod, this ain't one of them.

Sure it is when you consider he was told explicity by the Commissioner some time ago not to engage in this sort of activity. If the guy can't respect authority what kind of message does that send?

It's not that I dislike the man, it's just his arrogance that bothers me. A little humility wouldn't hurt him one bit.

[CommishJoe]

Originally Posted by Bluenoser

A little humility wouldn't hurt him one bit.

I would agree with this.

[1998 Yankees]

What I don't understand is why this guy cannot stay away from controversy. He know he's high-profile. If he did continue to indulge after he was told to stop, then he's a moron because he should know by now that everything he does is magnified way out of proportion.

[Cooleyvol]

I see no mention of a rake in the article.

As for the OP, you're kidding, right?

[CD1083]

Originally Posted by Erik W.

Probably not. Cash games are only illegal if there's a rake. If no one is taking a cut off the top it's perfectly legal to play for money.

Legal home game - AskMen

I said probably. By the sounds of the article, the term illegal is used in a fairly liberal way.

[CD1083]

Originally Posted by Bluenoser

Sure it is when you consider he was told explicity by the Commissioner some time ago not to engage in this sort of activity. If the guy can't respect authority what kind of message does that send?

It's not that I dislike the man, it's just his arrogance that bothers me. A little humility wouldn't hurt him one bit.

He was told not to engage in it because of the image it gives and the risk of another Pete Rose situation.

I would safely assume A-Rod isn't the only major leaguer participating in "illegal" poker games.

[Bluenoser]

Originally Posted by The Chase Davis

He was told not to engage in it because of the image it gives and the risk of another Pete Rose situation.

That's all that needs to be said about that.

Originally Posted by The Chase Davis

I would safely assume A-Rod isn't the only major leaguer participating in "illegal" poker games.

I would safely assume that Tiger Woods isn't the only man in the world to fool around on his wife, but nobody talks about all the others because they aren't in the news for doing it.

That's all that needs to be said about that.


Anyway, bottom line for me is - innocent until proven guilty. I look at the quality of the rag that's reporting it and can't help but wonder just how much truth there is to it. Doesn't change my opinion of the man though.

[CD1083]

Originally Posted by Bluenoser

That's all that needs to be said about that.



I would safely assume that Tiger Woods isn't the only man in the world to fool around on his wife, but nobody talks about all the others because they aren't in the news for doing it.

That's all that needs to be said about that.


Anyway, bottom line for me is - innocent until proven guilty. I look at the quality of the rag that's reporting it and can't help but wonder just how much truth there is to it. Doesn't change my opinion of the man though.

Alex Rodriguez is a grown man, if he wants to play cards, who is Selig to tell him he can't?

The fact you compare playing poker to cheating on your wife completely discredits anything else you've said.

That's all that needs to be said about that.

[Goody]

Originally Posted by The Chase Davis

Alex Rodriguez is a grown man, if he wants to play cards, who is Selig to tell him he can't?

The fact you compare playing poker to cheating on your wife completely discredits anything else you've said.

That's all that needs to be said about that.

Not defending anyone or any particular tangent stance here, but A-Rod has never done anything to prove that he's a grown man.

But, he's very rich. Yeah!

[Cooleyvol]

Originally Posted by Goody

Not defending anyone or any particular tangent stance here, but A-Rod has never done anything to prove that he's a grown man.

But, he's very rich. Yeah!

^^bitter M's fan^^


As for 'grown'.............how about the fact that he's an adult human being and he can play cards if he wants to? He wasnt even there according to one witness to the fight night game. Furthermore, he's not cavorting with loan sharks or mafioso, so what's the big freaking deal? He was playing cards with about 5 movie stars. Geez.

Bud, don't you have better things to do?

[Bluenoser]

Originally Posted by The Chase Davis

Alex Rodriguez is a grown man, if he wants to play cards, who is Selig to tell him he can't?

You answered your own question in your previous post - be cause of image. But I'll spell it out for you - who is Selig to tell him? Whether we like it or not Selig is the commissioner of baseball and has the power. That's who he is to tell him.

Originally Posted by The Chase Davis

The fact you compare playing poker to cheating on your wife completely discredits anything else you've said.

I'll spell this one out for you too - I didn't compare poker playing and wife cheating, I was pointing out the sillyness of your comment that other players are playing poker too. My point is, yes there are probably are other people doing things they shouldn't, but they aren't in the news for doing it. A-Rod is, just like Tiger was for his misgivings.

The fact you won't admit it discredits anything you've said, and that's all that needs to be said about that.

[CD1083]

Originally Posted by Bluenoser

You answered your own question in your previous post - be cause of image. But I'll spell it out for you - who is Selig to tell him? Whether we like it or not Selig is the commissioner of baseball and has the power. That's who he is to tell him.



I'll spell this one out for you too - I didn't compare poker playing and wife cheating, I was pointing out the sillyness of your comment that other players are playing poker too. My point is, yes there are probably are other people doing things they shouldn't, but they aren't in the news for doing it. A-Rod is, just like Tiger was for his misgivings.

The fact you won't admit it discredits anything you've said, and that's all that needs to be said about that.

Thanks for spelling that out for me.

[CommishJoe]

Let's keep this conversation civil please.

[1998 Yankees]

Originally Posted by CommishJoe

Let's keep this conversation civil please.

That's all that needs to be said about that.

[Cryomaniac]

A-Rod's problem is that baseball has a history of treating anything to do with gambling very seriously, for obvious reasons. Now, I don't think what he did was inherently wrong, even if it was illegal, but I'm not sure Selig will agree with me there lol.