breaking: NJ sports betting briefs filed by NFL et al
http://blog.northjersey.com/meadowlandsmatters/5969/nj-sports-betting-briefs-due-today/
by John Brennan
The National Football League, the NCAA, and three other sports leagues filed a 71-page brief today to the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia in the landmark sports betting case.
The state of New Jersey, the state’s thoroughbred horsemen’s group, and state Senate President Stephen Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver will have until next Friday to file their replies – all of this ahead of a June 26 oral argument in which each side will have a combined 30 minutes to plead their case.
The leagues begin with four “statements of fact”:
– “Congress has long recognized the federal interest in protecting sports and regulating gambling”
– PASPA [the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992] seeks to stem the spread of state-sponsored sports gambling”
– “New Jersey offers sports gambling in willful defiance of PASPA”
– “The District Court rebuffs New Jersey’s efforts to evade PASPA”
“For decades, sports organizations have sought to thwart the negative effects of sports betting on their games and how those games are perceived by their fans. While recognizing that there is a limit to what can be done about illegal sports gambling, sports organizations have persistently resisted efforts by states to sponsor or legitimize such conduct,” say the leagues’ attorneys.
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