As a result, 20 states now allow sports betting operations with five more preparing to start soon. The decision to legalize sports gambling across the country again opened the floodgates.
Whether it was the 1972 Curt Flood case that upheld Major League Baseball’s antitrust exemption, a 1984 antitrust case involving the NCAA that allowed conferences to sell their own TV rights and paved the way for gigantic media rights deals, Title IX issues on nearly every level of athletics or recent arguments about name, image and likeness rights for college athletes, the Supreme Court has changed how athletes and fans play, view and enjoy sports.Īnother impactful moment came in May 2018 when the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992, which had restricted regulated sports betting primarily to Nevada, was struck down by a 6-3 decision.
Supreme Court has had more than a passing influence in the world of sports.
