The case for regulated intrastate sports betting in New Jersey against the national sports leagues saw a new development in the state's legal representatives proposition to depose the commissioners of the National Football League, National Basketball Association, National Hockey League, Major League Baseball and the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
The filed proposal, not yet accepted by the court, would require the commissioners to justify their oft-stated claims that sports betting would cause “irreparable harm” to the "integrity of the leagues."
The deposition process should be completed by November 19, and ought to include the examination of historical documentation, communications and business reports, as well as a study of the leagues' activity associated with fantasy sports games or activities “that are operated by or on behalf of” the leagues. Documentation of those to be deposed is required to be submitted by October 29.
The legal argument continues as the leagues seek a summary judgment against the state, and the state challenges such a development and presses ahead with its plan to implement a state regulatory and licensing regime before year-end, effectively undercutting the 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act.
Senator Tom Coburn has released information on the profligacy of Congress stating that $132 million of taxpayers' money was wasted this year on "the most unproductive and unpopular Congress in modern history."
He also mentioned that the National Football League (a "non-profit" organisation) pulled in more than $9 billion last year costing the federal government tens of millions of dollars every year in lost tax revenue.
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