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How many scandals caused by perverse incentives occur before the NFL starts wishing for the days before they took on gambling partners?
by blockwriter 4y ago
How many scandals caused by perverse incentives occur before the NFL starts wishing for the days before they took on gambling partners?
- dexwiz 4y agoNever? The NFL has had no problems redirecting billions of state and local funding to build stadiums and other altars to their players. Thru things like food and beverage taxes, every US resident helps underwrite the NFL even if they never watch a minute of a game. If you do watch? Be prepared to spend hundreds or thousands to go to a game and buy merch. Bread and circuses. And sell the bread if you need a ticket for admission.
- wobbly_bush 4y agoIt has happened before in cricket[1], I don't understand how do people not see this coming, or why they think it's still ok. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betting_controversies_in_cricket https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betting_controversies_in_crick...