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[QUOTE="donniesyracuse, post: 2615000, member: 101"]
Just to be clear, I feel no affection for sports leagues or state governments. I do find the issue fascinating. My fundamental belief is that if an entity is going to make money by accepting bets on content that someone else provides, the content provider should be compensated. I see it similarly to other aspects of intellectual property. A bar owner has to pay licensing fees to play the music and present the sporting events that make his/her establishment appealing. Obviously, a different precedent has been set with gambling in Nevada. Since the issue is now coming up in other states, if I were the leagues, I would push this in the courts. A radio station can make the claim that by playing Drake's records, Drake is going to sell more records and have more people attend his concerts, but the radio station still has to pay for permission to play his songs. I don't see any reason why gambling should be handled differently other than that it has been handled differently.
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