ninjaskill
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I don't get how they can offer a bet that he is as close as guaranteed to know about, even if he didn't see it no chance someone doesn't tell him about it. The second he knows about it he is then in a position where no matter what he does he will knowingly impact the bet by either choosing to eat a pie or not. Unlike a striker knowing there are odds on them to score people try and stop them and they have to try and do it as their job. This was something so irrelevant to his job, if he had done it but not told people that he was going to do it seems to be the only way that he can stop people from making money off of mocking him and not risk himselfI think it's all blown of of proportion. It's a non-league club, the geezer gets paid next to nothing (for a footballer), he was crashing in a little room out the back of the club facilities half of the week, and a bookmaker offers 8/1 to eat a pie..... an absolute no brainer.
What's the difference between this, and say Richard Johnson or Ruby Walsh telling their mates that they're on a certainty at Cheltenham?
It's as if it was a "this market is only made for us to steal your hard earned, if you win, we'll investigate" move from the bookies.
The only slight difference is that he can offer a definite answer to if he will do it or not unlike a jockey where things could still go wrong, a fall etc, the second he commits to doing it you are making guaranteed money where as off a tip there is still a risk