The recent rash of incidents related to sports betting sites and college and professional athletes has regulators reaching for the phone — and hoping leagues and other organizations will do the same.
Regulators want to keep the lines of communication between them and sports leagues open in the wake of the recent burst of integrity-related incidents.and college and professional athletes has regulators reaching for the phone — and hoping the leagues will do the same. While their answers varied, what at least some watchdogs want in the wake of those scandals is clear: to talk.
Rebuck said he thinks a “further evolution” of the regulator-league relationship is coming, especially as organizations such as the NCAA and NFL have recently shown an appetite to tweak their policies. “It was important for us at the UFC that there was gambling on our sport,” Hendrick said. “It actually legitimized the UFC across the world, because if you were able to say that Nevada allowed gaming on the UFC, then the public looked at it and said, ‘This must be a legitimate sport. There must be rules in place, there must be some kind of oversight.’ So the cooperation between the private and the public is extremely important.
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