Supreme Court recently got rid of a 1992 federal law that banned most states from gambling in athletic events. Many people are stoked for this ruling, but me personally am not. I believe gambling will cause no good for the professional sports industry and its competitive nature.
I believe gambling will ruin sports entirely for all legitimate sports fans. One issue gambling will cause is the increase of money in all leagues sports therefore leading to an increase in pay for major league players. I know you are wondering why is more money for the players bad? Well players should be more focused on winning than getting payed the big bucks. If all players are payed an enormous amount then why should they even try and compete when they all get payed the same amount win or lose? This will transform the competitive game we watch today into blow out losses or games where players show no determination.
Another reason gambling will suck all the enjoyment out of watching sports is flopping. Not the flopping that happens when a player exaggerates contact and draws a foul. I’m talking about the flopping in which a players/coaches throw the game for extra money produced by sports gamblers. You can see this mostly in regular season games where the games aren’t too important. For example lets say the back-to-back champion Golden State Warriors play the Charlotte Hornets (one of the leagues worst teams). The Warriors are expected to win by 12 points, but they only end up winning by 11 because 98% free throw shooter Steph Curry misses both of his free throws that would put them up by 13. I know you are wondering well they still won why does it matter? Well in the gambling world the Warriors actually lost cause they were supposed to win by 12 therefore everyone who bet on the warriors lost money because Steph Curry missed free throws, which could’ve been a coincidence, but I highly doubt it. If we make gambling legal we will see more of these point shedding and rigged games, which ruins the excitement of watching games.
Gambling will likely be the downfall of our beloved competitive sport age with the raise of player pay, point shedding, and the rigging of games. Without competitiveness sports views will see a decline and with that decline we will see the end of sports. I believe gambling will ruin all sports you can believe what you want, but I’m certain.
http://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/24248120/gambling-need-know-nba-sports-betting-partnership
http://www.ncaa.org/sport-science-institute/mind-body-and-sport-gambling-among-student-athletes
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