We have zero love for Bud Selig; even Charlie Sykes figured out the scam.
But the man was right about one thing:
....not so long ago, sports leagues spoke of the gambling industry as if it were the devil itself.
“It’s evil,” Bud Selig, then MLB’s commissioner, said in November 2012 of the dangers of gambling. “It creates doubt, and it destroys your sport.”...
If you watch NFL games and wonder to yourself "How the Hell did THAT happen?"
You probably know, but really, really, really, do not want to say it out loud.
Following a SCOTUS decision which allowed sports gambling:
...those same American sports leagues didn’t merely shake hands with an industry they once regarded as the enemy; they leaped into bed with it — and in the process fundamentally altered the way sports are packaged, marketed and consumed. ...
Of particular note? The markets at which the betting ads are aimed. Same markets as the local casino ads play to.
Sad.
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