Great piece, Brian! Likewise, I agree that sports betting, particularly prop bets and microbets, in many ways challenge the integrity of sports. Ensuring sports' sanctity in today's era of booming gambling profits will be difficult, as your article demonstrates. If you have a second, I put my thoughts on this subject into this piece: https://stormthefield.substack.com/p/betting-on-the-game-losing-the-soul
As a passionate sports fan, I am someone who is deeply troubled by the impact gambling has on EVERYTHING related to competitive sports, including but not limited to:
- the entertainment factor of sports
- the pressure the athletes are under to perform
- the temptation to influence the outcome of a game/match/contest they are participating in
- how radio/television broadcasts have become worse off because of the overwhelming
Well done Brian.
Keep it coming and by continuing to present us content that allows your readers to keep critically thinking about this topic.
Did you see Tucker Carlson coming in hot against sports betting companies? Legalized gambling creates strange bedfellows… 😆
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Great piece, Brian! Likewise, I agree that sports betting, particularly prop bets and microbets, in many ways challenge the integrity of sports. Ensuring sports' sanctity in today's era of booming gambling profits will be difficult, as your article demonstrates. If you have a second, I put my thoughts on this subject into this piece: https://stormthefield.substack.com/p/betting-on-the-game-losing-the-soul
Fascinating and frustrating topic.
As a passionate sports fan, I am someone who is deeply troubled by the impact gambling has on EVERYTHING related to competitive sports, including but not limited to:
- the entertainment factor of sports
- the pressure the athletes are under to perform
- the temptation to influence the outcome of a game/match/contest they are participating in
- how radio/television broadcasts have become worse off because of the overwhelming
Well done Brian.
Keep it coming and by continuing to present us content that allows your readers to keep critically thinking about this topic.