Scottie Scheffler deletes Venmo because bettors asked for payments
Scottie Scheffler, the Favorite of the Banning of Winning USA Open Historical Oakmont Country Club does not surprise anyone this week. The world’s best golfist is the winner of three of the last four beginnings, including the PGA championship.
Scheffler deleted him Venmo Bettors has asked him to refund them when he constantly clicked and did not win the payment/request connection in the mobile payment application, and he should not surprise anyone.
“I think everyone has anything in their financial benefits or results, he receives news from fans,” Scheffler Given to journalists The US is open on Tuesday. “That’s why I had to get rid of my Venmo, because when I didn’t win, I was getting money by people or people who wanted a lot of money to me. It wasn’t a good feeling.”
The US Supreme Court in 2018 prohibited the allowance of most states to allow sports betting, an increase against athletes from bookmakers who accused them of financial losses, said the abuse. Gambling in sports is legal in 39 states.
Houston Astros Jug Lance McCullers Jr. and Boston Red Sox Jug Liam Hendriks He said that their families have received death threats on social media.
McCullers is a man who lost money on May 10 when he threatened to “kill” McCullers’ two young daughters of McCullers while he was saving one loss to Cincinnati Reds. Police watched threats A drunk man who bets money in the game.
McCullers, “people are very passionate and people love to love astros and sports, but it is a bit difficult to find my children and threaten them to kill them,” he said. “Over the years, many of the targeted to me, there have been many threats … But I think they will bring children to the equation, threaten to find them, or stab our children to death when they see us open to the public. It is difficult to hear as a father.”
Hendriks said in his Instagram story that he received death threats while struggling to regain his form after missing the surgery of non -Hodgkin lymphoma and Tommy John.
Hendrik, “threats to my life and my wife’s life, terrible and ruthless,” hendrik wrote. “You need help. The comments that say that you wish me to commit suicide and die of cancer are disgusting and inferior. Perhaps you should step back before hiding behind a screen that attacks players and their families and re -evaluate the purpose of your life.
Hendriks later announced why he responded to journalists on social media.
“It got worse with the rise of sports gambling,” he said. “Unfortunately, this is the request of Venmo, whether it tells you in the comments of people, even if it tells you.”
Some gamblers believe that they may affect the consequences of competition through harassment. Fanudel banned a man in Philadelphia after boasting the Olympic Gold Medal Gabby Thomas three times on social media on a Grand Slam track two weeks ago.
“I lost Gabby by heckling. And that won my flare,” He wrote on a shipment This included two betting screenshots in Fanduel.
Thomas He replied by sending“This adult man followed me on the track and signed a signature for fans (mostly children) to shout personal insults – everyone who makes him online is disgusting.”
University athletes are also targets, especially during high -volume betting activities. March craze And College football playoff.
NCAA is lobbying to prohibit states’ proposal betting for the performances of individual college athletes, and says that it creates a charm to endanger the integrity of the game.
Since university athletes have been amateur for a long time, they are considered more sensitive to receive more money from gambler from professional athletes. This will soon change due to last week of the House Agreement, a revenue -sharing model that will allow universities to pay directly to athletes up to $ 20.5 million per year.
Not to say that the payment of college athletes will insulate them from discaturated gamblers. If they are found guilty of harassment, the state will continue to pride in the laws that may prohibit bettors from licensed sports books.
The betting volume makes the harassment and intimidation of the athletes a tremendous difficulty. This year, it was estimated that men and women have legally bets 3 billion dollars in NCAA basketball tournaments. American game Assn. (Aga)An increase of about 10% from 2024.
NCAA released a public service announcement video to be proactive in harassment before March Madness. “Don’t be a loser.”
The video, “Losing and then there is a loser. The game time comes with sufficient pressure,” he said. “Very often, people betting on sports, losing and bringing them to athletes. After losing a bet, he would only harass the college athletes who lost only one, but almost every day.
“When you make a root for your team, you get crazy when the icezer sound, but don’t harass anyone because you lost a bet. It is time to draw the line and end the abuse.”
Scheffler drew the line by deleting the Venmo account, which has become another tool to communicate with a leading athlete by gamblers. Career earnings exceed $ 150 million, According to SpotracBut after winning the tournaments, a handful of bettors through Venmo said that he paid him “maybe here or there a few dollars ve and probably listed his pockets.
Scheffler added, “This was almost not as much as demands,” he added.
