Sarah Phillips of ESPN

[ChiefZilla]

(05-01-2012 11:55 PM)zman1415 Wrote:  My guess would be that she started legit (posting on the Covers msg board, cause who the hell fakes an account on Covers, it's not like they'll just magically send you a message and hire you, right?), got some sort of offer from Covers, started to think she was in over her head, and turned over most of the strings to the other dude, while still being the face. Then, out of nowhere ESPN chimes in and her popularity is taken to new heights. Somewhere in that time period, she comes up with a scheme that she thinks will work...

Except that she was scamming that "Matt" guy from the beginning of her time with Covers. This was a scam from the very start.

But yes, much of the outrage should be directed at Covers/ESPN. They're the ones who gave these jokes/frauds/low-lifes the platform they needed to do what they did.

And, once again, Covers is just hoping this all just passes over without them getting too much negative attention. "Let's never address it, because people will be dumb enough to believe that we were fooled just like everyone else."

I'm so sick of it. THEY'RE THE REASON THAT STUFF LIKE THIS HAPPENS!

Seriously, it pisses me off. The amount of decent, good people who bet on sports far outweighs the low-lifes, but these types of stories dominate the news and will forever be roadblocks to any real progress within the industry ever being made.