Original sentence: Before entering politics, Rogers worked for a sports handicapping service, using the name Will "The Winner" Rogers, reportedly encouraging bettors to dial a "pay-per-call number" and claiming to have an 80% success rate for his predictions.Rogers said the media stories on the topic were "gutter politics"; he said the work was scripted, and that he was not a sports handicapper
Edited sentence: Before entering politics, Rogers worked as an actor for a cable television show.He has said,"“Some 14 years ago, my company had a contract to perform broadcasting duties on a nationally televised show which was aired on the USA Network.”  Rogers on that show reportedly promoted a pay-per-call number for a sports handicapping service.… I was reading from a predetermined script on a national sports television show that has been in production for 35 years