Supreme Court strikes DOWN Congressional sports-betting ban, NCAA/NFL/NBA/MLB/NHL worried NJ will affect integrity of games

The PASPA provision at issue here—prohibiting state authorization of sports gambling—violates the anticommandeering rule. That provision unequivocally dictates what a state legislature may and may not do. And this is true under either our interpretation or that advocated by respondents and the United States. In either event, state legislatures are put under the direct control of Congress. It is as if federal officers were installed in state legislative chambers and were armed with the authority to stop legislators from voting on any offending proposals. A more direct affront to state sovereignty is not easy to imagine.

ALITO, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and KENNEDY, THOMAS, KAGAN, and GORSUCH, JJ., joined, and in which BREYER, J., joined as to all but Part VI–B. THOMAS, J., filed a concurring opinion. BREYER, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. GINSBURG, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which SOTOMAYOR, J., joined, and in which BREYER, J., joined in part.

The Constitution gives Congress no such power.

The problems posed by sports betting are much the same as they were 25 years ago,”Hatch said. “But the rapid rise of the Internet means that sports betting across state lines is now just a click away. We cannot allow this practice to proliferate amid uneven enforcement and a patchwork race to the regulatory bottom. At stake here is the very integrity of sports. That’s why I plan to introduce legislation in the coming weeks to help protect honesty and principle in the athletic arena. I invite stakeholders and my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join me in addressing this important issue.”

the US Supreme Court still won't allow 10s of millions of indigenous Semitic people their human rights back in their own ancient homeland of Palestine.

Does this mean Pete Rose is vindicated?

The "integrity" of the game. Ha.

The NFL is settling concussion lawsuits for big money. They don't take care of their "older" players. They give FOUR games for a positive PED test in one of the most brutal sports in the world. They make BILLIONS of dollars in TV deals and sponsorships and then the owners claim "financial hardship" when the players union wants a bigger cut for salary cap. The owners (most) fleece municipalities and states for their sweetheart stadium deals.

Integrity.

electronic intifada wrote:

the US Supreme Court still won't allow 10s of millions of indigenous Semitic people their human rights back in their own ancient homeland of Palestine.

Is this a bot? Is there just one person with a hard on for this "controversy"?

I would say just the opposite.

Tennis has been dealing with betting issues for a while and how it was discovered was that bookies had the data because it was out in the open.

Well, thus far up until today, the only people in the world making a killing on high school, college, pro, and olympic sports is the Hollywood TV industry which employs millions of journalists, actors, office, and post-production workers, and funds 100,000 of start-up ventures in Southern California and Silicon Valley.

It's about time the rest of the world make a few pennies from sports.

Don't you think?

In late January, NBA vice president Dan Spillane explained to the New York state Senate why the state, one day, should give the league some cash. In a joint effort with Major League Baseball, Spillane had come to testify about the prospect of legalized sports betting and what provisions the professional leagues believed should be included in potential laws.

Among those positions was the rationale for a desired feature some league executives call simply “The Fee.” In his testimony, Spillane argued that gambling operators should be legally obligated to pay each league 1 percent of the total amount bet on their games, as compensation for providing the inventory for the wagers and for the leagues’ efforts in monitoring suspicious activity. Commissioner Adam Silver backed up the plan in February at his All-Star Weekend news conference, and the proposed 1 percent tax became known as an “integrity fee.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/with-states-free-to-legalize-sports-betting-do-the-pro-leagues-deserve-a-cut/2018/05/17/d6c9cc9e-59dd-11e8-858f-12becb4d6067_story.html

Taking over a criminal enterprise by the new overlords, always expands the graft base.

among those who favor the nationwide expansion, the two biggest reasons for supporting the ability for other states to join the party are the additional tax revenue for states (52%) and the simple fact that people are already betting illegally through office pools and the like (57%).

That's an important issue that we need to have discussion. Yeah, people will keep on betting on sports whether it's legal or not. Also, if we will allow it by the law - we need to adequately regulate it. Like they did with online games like these https://ipayzz.com/skrill/ . With those things you must have competent regulation system.

As the recent revelations about Tim Donaghy showed, this is a very unwise decision. Congress can regulate sports-betting by its interstate commerce clause, as well as incorporation via the 14th Amendment. Sports corruption will increase many-fold, as well as the destruction of individuals and families from gambling addiction.

Gravy wrote:

Does this mean Pete Rose is vindicated?

Not no but hell no. He rigged games by playing his best players when he had bets on his team and resting them when he didn't.