Some of you may feel like the intrusion of gambling into sports is a bane that strikes at the very heart of what makes the sport great. Some of you look at this situation as being an inevitable reality that one can only treat with cynicism. Stance aside, the truth is that online gambling is here to stay because it makes too much money.
Professional sports leagues and associations understand this fact. At this point, most of them are commercial entities that treat sports like a product that generates revenue. It’s entertainment that also happens to be relevant in a community.