Sports Betting And The NFL Are Profitable Partners, But Controversies Continue
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🗓️ 10 September 2023
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But even if you're just a casual viewer of football, or really any network television program, you've probably seen the star-studded ads for a related business: sports betting.
The league's partnership with major sports betting sites continues to draw criticism. Ten NFL players have been suspended for gambling violations since April, leaving critics and fans wondering if the relationship between football and gambling will harm the integrity of the game.
Host Nathan Rott speaks with David Purdum who covers the gambling industry for ESPN.
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| 0:00.0 | Football is back. |
| 0:09.4 | The National Football League season officially kicked off on Thursday, meaning for fans like |
| 0:14.8 | me, Sundays from now until February are going to be filled with America's most popular |
| 0:20.0 | sport. |
| 0:21.3 | But even if you're just a casual viewer of football, or really any network television program, |
| 0:26.9 | you've probably noticed an explosion of advertising for a related business, sports betting. |
| 0:48.6 | The ads are pretty hard to miss. |
| 0:51.3 | After decades of distancing itself from sports betting, the NFL is now going all in and embracing |
| 0:57.7 | the multi-billion dollar gaming industry. |
| 1:00.4 | Heck, even the Super Bowl is going to be played in Las Vegas at the end of this season. |
| 1:05.4 | And for the NFL, it really does mark a huge change, a change that's come in the wake |
| 1:10.4 | of a 2018 decision by the nation's highest court. |
| 1:14.6 | By a 6-3 vote, the US Supreme Court threw open the door today to sports betting. |
| 1:20.2 | Justice has said a 1992 federal law that banned all but a handful of states from having |
| 1:25.1 | sports betting violated states' rights. |
| 1:27.6 | Now the league has officially partnered with DraftKings, FanDuel, and Caesars Entertainment, |
| 1:32.3 | all major betting sites. |
| 1:34.4 | As long as their state allows it, that means football fans can now bet on everything from |
| 1:38.8 | how many yards a quarterback throws for in a given game to who catches the first touchdown. |
| 1:43.8 | Again, as long as it's legal in your state. |
| 1:46.6 | This was a league that was thoughtfully against gambling, and then literally when money |
| 1:49.8 | got thrown in their face, they're completely hit at 180 and was like, give us all the money. |
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