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Raptors’ Chris Boucher thinks sports betting has worsened NBA fan criticism
Chris Boucher認為運彩加劇了球迷們批評
Fan interactions with professional athletes help make sports special, except
when that privilege is used negatively, which is becoming a recurring trend
amid the legalization of sports gambling.
Toronto Raptors power forward Chris Boucher detailed some of his dealings
with basketball fans on the latest episode of the Hustle Play podcast,
revealing he’s received plenty of hate-fuelled criticism via social media.
It is something he feels has worsened since sports betting became legal in
Ontario last April.
Now, Boucher has been unfairly attacked repeatedly on Twitter and Instagram
over what fans perceive as poor performances.
球迷能與職業球員有所互動，有助於運動賽事，除非這種權力被人濫用上，然而在運彩合
法化的過程中，這種特權出現了反覆濫用的趨勢。
多倫多暴龍隊員Chris Boucher 在最新一期的 Hustle Play 播客中透露，他在社交媒體
上收到了大量充滿仇恨的批評。 自從去年 4 月運彩在加拿大安大略省合法化，他覺得情
況已經惡化。在 Twitter和Instagram 上，有球迷因Boucher在場上表現不佳而攻擊他。
“It's just people want to put you in trouble,” Boucher said. “People want
you to do what they want and what they see you for. And that's the issue. And
the betting is not going to make it better now with the parlays and all that.
“Somebody said 'I chose the wrong slave today.' They literally sent me that
message. I had to read it. I couldn't believe it.”
「他們只是想找你麻煩。他們希望你做他們想做的事，做他們眼中的你。這就是問題所在
。通過關投注等，不會讓事情變得更好。」
有人說『我今天選錯了奴隸(Slave)。』
「他們真的傳了給我這條信息。不得不去讀這訊息。 我簡直不敢相信。」
Boucher said the fan was upset because he only received five points from the
6-foot-9 forward when he needed 10 to cash his bet.
With these incidents on the rise league-wide, NBA players are becoming less
inclined to interact with basketball fans at arenas in fear of receiving
backlash in a public setting. Though that doesn’t apply to all 30 fan bases,
it happens far more often than it should.
Boucher說球迷很不爽，因為他需要Boucher在比賽中，得到十分才能贏錢，而Boucher只
得到五分。
隨著這些事件在聯盟不斷增加，NBA 球員越來越不願意在球場與球迷互動，因為他們害怕
在公共場合受到強烈批判。 雖然這並不適用於所有 30 支球隊球隊，但它發生的頻率遠遠
超出預期。
“And now, guess what, the players now they don't really mess with the fans
as much,” Boucher said. “We're lucky we're in Toronto, and we got the best
fans. But I'm saying, imagine if you get messages like this. Now, you don't
really want to— you don't know why that person is talking to you. I need you
to score 10 today.
“Do I really want to talk to you now? Because if I score eight, you're going
to flame my Twitter, my Instagram, and everything.”
「而現在你猜怎麼樣，球員們現在不會真正搭理球迷了。 我們很幸運在多倫多，我們有
最好的球迷。 但你想像一下如果你收到像這樣的私訊。 現在，你真的不想，也不知道那
人為什麼要和你說話。 他可能在對你說 『我今天要你得 10 分』那我還要跟你說話嗎?
因為如果我得了八分，你就會到我的所有社交軟體去噴我。」
As a player, Boucher says the hateful comments will eventually crawl under
your skin after a certain point. And when that happens, you could react in a
way that is completely out of character.
“It gets to you," Boucher said. "Now it's what, you're going to delete all
your social and all that? Now you're losing your life, the life that you'd be
living. And everything changed.
“So I could see how somebody could lose their mind over this really clearly.
If you don't have the right people around you and if you don't have the right
motive and the right intention on everything you do, you could lose that
easily.”
作為一名球員，Boucher 說仇恨的評論最終會在某個時刻去影響到你。
當這種情形發生時，你可能會做出不符合你性格的反應。
「這會影響到你了，所以現在是，要刪除所有社交軟體嗎? 失去你的生活，然後一切都改
變。所以我很能理解有人因此而失去理智。 如果你身邊沒有合適的人陪伴，如果你做的
每件事都沒有正確的動機和意圖，你很容易就會失去理智。」
Washington Wizards star Bradley Beal, reportedly being investigated by the
Orlando Police Department over an alleged altercation with two fans, knows
all too well how aggressive spectators can become.
The police report says one of the individuals targeted Beal over losing a
$1,300 bet, prompting the All-Star guard to turn around and confront him. It
also alleges that Beal swatted at the man’s head, knocking off his hat.
The alleged victim told police that he wants charges filed against Beal.
據報導，華盛頓巫師球星Bradley Beal 因涉嫌與兩名球迷發生口角而受到奧蘭多警察局
的調查，他非常清楚觀眾會變得多麼好鬥。
警方報告稱，其中一人因為輸掉 1,300 美元的賭注而針對Beal，這導致Beal轉頭跑去與
他對峙。 球迷還聲稱Beal拍打該男子的頭部，打掉了他的帽子。而受害人告訴警方，他
希望對Beal 提起訴訟。