Wed. Nov 27th, 2024
Dave Feschuk: Why the cases of Jontay Porter and Shohei Ohtani are only the beginning of gambling problems for sports leagues

As the sports business tiptoes through its awkward but profitable dance with the sports-betting devil, you don’t need to be an ethicist to see the hypocrisy.

Betting ads are plastered everywhere. Betting content is a fixture of game broadcasts. Anecdotal stories of disgruntled bettors harassing players and coaches from college to the pros are piling up.

By Xplayer