Like an onion...the more you peel the more it stinks

Rick Tocchet is now being investigated for financing a gambling ring which, in the beginning, was said to possibly include one or two players. Then, we were told that the Great Wayne Gretzky's wife, Janet Jones, could possibly be implicated as well.
When the news hit, the media ran to Gretzky for a comment. He didn't have much to say, other than he knew nothing about what his wife was doing when it came to gambling. Seems to me a bit of a far cry from the when the cinema heros of yesteryear would protect the leading lady by demanding "Do what you want to me but leave the girl alone." Instead, Wayne was saying "Do what you want to the girl but leave me alone."
Now today we are told that not only did Gretzky know what was going on, but that the authorities have him on tape talking to Tocchet about how he was going to keep his wife out of it. As the old saying goes, "It's like an onion...the more layers you peel, the more it stinks."
And that is exactly what is going on here. Since day one this was a story about an assistant coach and possibly a couple of current NHL'ers. Now it has evolved into the coach, the team's owner, the owner's wife, and the threat of several more current players being thrown into the mix.
The NFL, which has many of the best league policies in professional American sports today, again has this issue nailed directly on the head: If you are found to be gambling on any sporting event, regardless of whether it's your sport or not, you will be banned from the league. No nonsense. No grey area.
That's exactly how this should be handled. The NHL sat out an entire season due to a labor dispute. Perhaps this subject was and has been overlooked for some time because they have had no problems with gambling in the game, well at least not until now.
If there is no policy in the league, one needs to be instituted toot suite. And the other leagues, if they don't have a policy directed towards this issue itself, should sit down with the unions and get an agreement worked out. It's the only way that the leagues as well as the players can show that they will not tolerate this type of behavior.
Ask Paul Hornung about being suspended from the league. If he had not been the adopted son of the greatest coach in any sport, Hornung would tell you that he would have never played pro football again.
I know that if I were a player, and I knew that the guy next to me liked to bet with bookies, I wouldn't feel very comfortable knowing that if he has a bad week of picking games, he may not play as hard as he should because he "owes" certain people a favor who have a vested interest in the outcome of the game we were playing.
If you won't tolerate a blemish on your sport, and you seriously want to do something about it, sit down and draw up a policy. That's the only way that the fans are going to believe that you want to rid the game of the disease.