Although the original prohibition left loopholes for Nevada and smaller scale online gambling, yesterday's Supreme Court decision will clearly take all action to a fundamentally new level.
No one will ever be more than a short drive or a text message from placing any size bet they wish.
All major sports leagues will, at some point, be forced to reckon with the fact their referees can make far more money, very easily, through game manipulation than they can through calling an honest game.
The leagues can no longer hide behind the prohibition on the books.
So my question is how does this affect CBB?
Will the NCAA, at least on its face, take steps to avoid referee corruption? What might those steps be?
Auditing Financials? Referee raises? Better accountability with things like press conferences and open grading systems?
Refereeing is already bad enough as it is, and I personally believe a lot of dirty money has passed around those circles for years. Make no mistake though, it just got ramped to an entirely new level.
No one will ever be more than a short drive or a text message from placing any size bet they wish.
All major sports leagues will, at some point, be forced to reckon with the fact their referees can make far more money, very easily, through game manipulation than they can through calling an honest game.
The leagues can no longer hide behind the prohibition on the books.
So my question is how does this affect CBB?
Will the NCAA, at least on its face, take steps to avoid referee corruption? What might those steps be?
Auditing Financials? Referee raises? Better accountability with things like press conferences and open grading systems?
Refereeing is already bad enough as it is, and I personally believe a lot of dirty money has passed around those circles for years. Make no mistake though, it just got ramped to an entirely new level.