ESPN host Rece Davis retracts comments on sports betting
Veteran sports anchor Rece Davis of ESPN and ABC is walking back a sports betting comment he made Sunday ahead of top-seeded UConn's second-round March Madness matchup against ninth-place Northwestern.
As the lines between sports betting and sports analysis continue to blur, Davis welcomed ESPN Bet's Sports Betting Analyst Erin Dolan to College GameDay ahead of Sunday's game slate. Dolan offers her thoughts on how to bet on UConn games.
Dolan expressed excitement among bettors among the Wildcats’ 60.5-point over/under score. She thinks Northwestern needs to slow down the game to have a chance against UConn.
At the end of the section, Davis oddly expressed his opinion: Anyone who follows Dolan's advice is not gambling but making a risk-free investment.
do you know? Some people refer to this type of betting as gambling. "The way you sell it, I think it's a risk-free investment," Davis said.
The UConn men's basketball team finished the regular season and conference championship game ranked No. 1 in the nation. The defending national champion Huskies went 28-3 in the regular season before winning the Big East Tournament and advancing to the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament.
"You know what? Some people call gambling gambling. The way you sell this, I think it's a risk-free investment," ESPN's Rece Davis said after an appearance on Erin Dolan's ESPN Bet show.pic.twitter.com/257daMIBON
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Davis strongly disagrees
Davis later said the remark was a joke, and it came as baseball great Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers defended himself after he was reportedly paid $4.5 million to repay his longtime friend and translator Sports Gambling Debt.
Davis apologizes for his sports betting comments in message posted on social media
I joke that this advice is more like “risk-free investing.” As we all know, there is no such thing. There are clearly risks," Davis tweeted.
Davis later advocated for responsible sports betting.
“While I am not a gambler, I strongly encourage participants to be cautious, cautious, prudent, financially and personally responsible, and never overexert themselves. Sports are unpredictable. Betting is difficult. So let’s just deal with currency risk reach an agreement on the appropriate manner.”
"I'm sure most people found my comments ironic," he concluded.
Davis is generally a consummate professional when it comes to officiating games and analyzing sports. Davis has been with ESPN since 1995 and has served as "College GameDay" host since 2015.
Betting should be entertainment
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