Eben Novy-Williams of Bloomberg Sports is reporting the league’s board of governors have voted to lift a ban of alcohol and sports betting sponsorships. (As you may know, the Galaxy sported uniforms with Budweiser logos on the jersey sleeves and shorts for years)
“Internationally, sports betting in soccer has been embraced in the fabric of the game for so many years,” said Carter Ladd, the league’s senior vice president of business development. “Expanding these right gives us the unique ability to build on the ubiquity of gambling in soccer and use it to our advantage.