NFL, NBA, NHL & MLB, Along with the NCAA, Are Suing New Jersey to Stop Sports Betting
The battle continues. Here’s the press release the NFL just sent out:
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.
New Jersey wants to legalize sports gambling. Which makes sense, since no matter what, people are going to gamble on sports. Governor Chris Christie has been talking tough about this topic for a couple years. Keep fighting the good fight, Christie.
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August 7th, 2012 at 10:18 AM
christ almighty, bill bradley hated america…first guns and now gambling? bet his daddy faught to make weed illegal too.
LIQUIDATION.
August 7th, 2012 at 10:20 AM
Wow, that escalated rather quickly! I can’t say I blame you, I was out of line and out of my element today. Been a rough few weeks for me, especially working in the elections/politics business. I now realize you were just quoting the article, so my apologies for lashing out.
August 7th, 2012 at 10:20 AM
You’d have to bet on baseball to make it at all watchable
August 7th, 2012 at 10:21 AM
Wow, that escalated rather quickly! I can’t say I blame you, I was out of line and out of my element today. Been a rough few weeks for me, especially working in the elections/politics business. I now realize you were just quoting the article, so my apologies for lashing out.
August 7th, 2012 at 10:22 AM
?
August 7th, 2012 at 10:26 AM
NJ v. The FEDs, NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB and NCAA ….. seems about fair.
/Team A.C.
//Glares at LV and Delaware
August 7th, 2012 at 10:27 AM
This is just for show, right? I can’t imagine sports leagues are stupid enough to not realize that gambling is a big part of the reason they’re popular (especially football)
August 7th, 2012 at 10:28 AM
Wow, that escalated rather quickly! I can’t say I blame you, I was out of line and out of my element today. Been a rough few weeks for me, especially working in the elections/politics business. I now realize you were just quoting the article, so my apologies for lashing out.
August 7th, 2012 at 10:28 AM
A sports book needs to be opened in Detroit.
August 7th, 2012 at 10:28 AM
August 7th, 2012 at 10:30 AM
Hard to believe the NFL doesn’t condone betting when their biggest partner – ESPN – runs lines, includes spreads in their pregame shows, and has their own gambling game.
August 7th, 2012 at 10:35 AM
Delaware needs to seize this opportunity and offer single game betting… maybe overtake AC and build a Vegas on the east coast.
August 7th, 2012 at 10:37 AM
Besides the ones in the bars around Jefferson North Assembly?
August 7th, 2012 at 10:39 AM
They tried, but the NFL won a federal appeals court decision that limited it only to parlays.
August 7th, 2012 at 10:47 AM
OHY sneaking in through a proxy server?
August 7th, 2012 at 10:51 AM
+1 round of drinks at the Irish Pub
August 7th, 2012 at 10:54 AM
I dunno. Maybe it’s just me, but the thrill of knowing that I could get the shit kicked out of me if I don’t pay up after losing vs. betting at a window just doesn’t seem as much fun.
August 7th, 2012 at 11:22 AM
So what are we to make from this DougB = OHY = Linsane. Seems like an awful lot of work
August 7th, 2012 at 11:25 AM
all I did was type in my two cents on baseball being boring….a few mintues later that weird comment came up under my name
August 7th, 2012 at 11:29 AM
Can I sue them for lying about being a non-profit organization?
August 7th, 2012 at 11:31 AM
Do the casinos not have any?
August 7th, 2012 at 4:03 PM
Give me sports betting or start arresting fantasy football nerds for their gambling.
August 7th, 2012 at 4:06 PM
What in the hell is going on around here?