From the NBA their own selves...
The NCAA and the four major professional sports leagues (MLB, NBA, NFL and
the NHL) today filed a complaint against New Jersey state officials in
federal court in Trenton, NJ seeking to stop the state from implementing
sports betting on pro and college games.
The leagues and the NCAA assert that the state’s recently announced
decision to offer sports betting violates long-standing federal law. The
Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (“PASPA”) became law in 1992
and prohibits states from operating a lottery or betting scheme based on
pro or college games. This law is also known as the “Bradley Act” for its
proponent, then New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley.
The law provided a one-year window, from January 1, 1993 to January 1,
1994, during which New Jersey was afforded the opportunity to authorize
sports betting. The state declined that opportunity and has been barred by
federal law from conducting sports gambling.
The key points of the complaint are that once the public comment period for the proposed gambling laws concludes at the end of August, casinos in Atlantic City can apply for gaming licenses and start their operations for gambling on pro and college sports.
Section 6 seems to be the most interest, and fairly hypocritical, of the lawsuit claiming that:
Amateur and professional sports are an integral part of American culture, particularly among the country's youth who often look up to athletes as role models.
Sure, okay, we get that...
The sponsorship, operation, advertising, promotion, licensure, and authorization of sports gambling in New Jersey would irreparably harm amateur and professional sports by fostering suspicion that individual plays and final scores of games may have been influenced by factors other than honest athletic competition.
Okay, this is where the HQ stops...
Really...
Really...???
It's okay for Nevada and Delaware to do it, but not okay for New Jersey...???
Then, if this is true... won't the five leagues ask for the same cease and desist there...??? Of course, they won't...
Too much revenue is part of their activity already and adding New Jersey to the mix would (in theory) cut from the moneys those two states are already making with their set-ups...
And the five leagues are calling "fix" in New Jersey...??? And no place else...???
Right...
Just don't see it...
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