Dopes-this topic cuts across several forums, pro-sports-V&N, etc I didn't know where it place it, but I didn't want to bury it, as I feel this blessing from one of the Cardinals of sports, is going to be a sea-changer.
So, please move to the best forum.
Silver in an op-ed piece in today's NY Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/14/opinion/nba-commissioner-adam-silver-legalize-sports-betting.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
Will the NFL/Goodell follow?
So, please move to the best forum.
Silver in an op-ed piece in today's NY Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/14/opinion/nba-commissioner-adam-silver-legalize-sports-betting.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
Silver is taking a rational, if controversial approach. People gamble, we can't stop it, lets regulate it, and presumably lets get a piece of the action.For more than two decades, the National Basketball Association has opposed the expansion of legal sports betting, as have the other major professional sports leagues in the United States.
In light of these domestic and global trends, the laws on sports betting should be changed. Congress should adopt a federal framework that allows states to authorize betting on professional sports, subject to strict regulatory requirements and technological safeguards.
ad public policy.
Let me be clear: Any new approach must ensure the integrity of the game. One of my most important responsibilities as commissioner of the N.B.A. is to protect the integrity of professional basketball and preserve public confidence in the league and our sport. I oppose any course of action that would compromise these objectives.
But I believe that sports betting should be brought out of the underground and into the sunlight where it can be appropriately monitored and regulated.
Will the NFL/Goodell follow?