Gold Coast have referred AJ Brimson to the NRL Integrity Unit for a social media submit on Melbourne Cup day, however his supervisor says there’s a easy clarification for the controversy that has erupted.
The 26-year-old posted a screenshot of a $10,000 win on Melbourne Cup outsider Knight’s Selection. Beneath was a blurred picture of earlier bets, with a minimum of certainly one of them on rugby league.
NRL gamers are forbidden to guess on video games as outlined of their code of conduct, however Brimson’s supervisor Jim Banaghan stated his consumer had nothing to be involved about.
“It’s all going to die a quite simple dying as a result of the account is his mom’s and the rationale she backed it’s as a result of her surname now could be Knight,” Banaghan informed AAP.
“She put a fan’s guess of $100 on it and that’s the solely guess she has had within the final seven months. The earlier (guess) was on her son to attain a attempt. It’s all her account.
“I’ve acquired the message flows from her to him, the whole thing, and it’s on her account.”
Banaghan stated Brimson had misplaced on his personal guess however acquired a textual content from his mum that she had received, and that the screenshot that he posted was from her account.
The veteran participant supervisor stated Brimson had put the shot of the “win” up in a rush and was unaware of the guess beneath.
“It’s simply younger males with social media,” Banaghan stated.
AAP has reached out to the Titans. The membership has put out an announcement on the matter.
“The Gold Coast Titans have referred a social media submit made by AJ Brimson to the NRL’s Integrity Unit,” the membership stated.
“The membership cannot remark additional on this matter at the moment.”
AAP
