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Scott Van Pelt, Brent Musburger Discuss Ramifications Of Legalized Sports Betting For Media, Vegas And More

This week's SI Media Podcast hosted by Jimmy Traina features interviews with ESPN's Scott Van Pelt and Brent Musburger of SiriusXM's Vegas Sports and Informatin Network, on the historic Supreme Court ruling that made sports betting legal in the United States.

Van Pelt talked about what the ruling means for sports media and whether a slew of gambling programming was inevitable.

"I’d be stunned if you didn’t see us, Fox Sports 1, NBC Sports, CBS Sports, anybody that’s got hours to fill, I’d be shocked if they didn’t take a stab at it.

"But if you’re gonna do it, if you're gonna talk about the topic, then you need to be able to talk about the topic intelligently.