Originally posted on 05/08/2014:

I like 5mike5. Good, friendly guy.
Never visited the NASCAR forum, never played one of his plays.
Can't say whether he intended to get clients over to his site to create traffic, click adds, possibly buying his pick in the future or not.
From all I've read, I doubt it. Means nothing though, just my opinion.
Maybe he just wanted to provide good info and that's that.
Problem I see here is: Where exactly is the line that can not be crossed when posting links? Nobody would say that it is not allowed to link f.e. nfl.com, nba.com, uefa.com. Sites to compare odds should be fine as well. IMO any side that has good insight and info should be allowed to be posted. When it comes to other gambling forums, or let's say I would post "btw: visit my blogabet account abcdefg.com" where it would be possible that I would sell my picks, I agree - not allowed. I think he may have crossed the line, but it could very well be possible that he did it without noticing. I haven't seen his site, so no idea.
All in all, I'd say a serious warning would have been absolutely enough here (Maybe there were warnings before though).
I think he should be reinstated, give the guy a fair chance. Call it probation or whatever.
For not shooting a laughable whiny ass video alone he deserves this.