Former mafioso Michael Franzese discussion of sports gambling

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Relevant to all popular sports, including college football.
The man reputed to have been the richest gangster in American history talks about the NBA gambling scandal, how the mafia gets their hooks into athletes, and how outcomes are influenced.

 

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It's been pretty obvious for years.

 

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I thought this video was the most informative thing I've encountered in the last week.

Interestingly, one of the people arrested by the FBI as part of this gambling investigation was former Gophers linebacker De'Niro Laster. The last time I remember seeing him was at a spring game about ten years ago, when he suffered a dislocated finger.

De'Niro Laster - Football - University of Minnesota Athletics

De'Niro Laster (1) LB - Photo Gallery 2014 ? FRESHMAN SEASON: Played in nine games, making seven tackles ? Academic All-Big Ten. Game-by-Game: Recorded two t...

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