“Get Up” host Mike Greenberg discussed the arrests of the Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier. He noted that until recently, sports gambling “was something that networks like ESPN would stay far away from” before acknowledging, “Those days are clearly long behind us.”
Ironically, Greenberg made his point just as a chyron read “Bet $10, Get $100” for ESPN Bet, the network’s gambling venture, appeared in the bottom right corner of the screen.
That is, until the promo disappeared without warning at the 24-second mark of the segment.
ESPN declined to comment on the chyron, but the juxtaposition between the sports network reporting a hard news story about gambling while also trying to boost its own sports betting was just too ironic for many people.
One observer noted that the chyron only disappeared when the “Get Up” hosts were discussing the NBA scandal, and that it was there for the vast majority of the episode.
And yes, there was ridicule.
ESPN has faced other issues while covering the gambling scandal.
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