It feels like gambling talk has largely replaced fantasy team talk on most broadcasts, and I wonder what role fantasy sports* played in all of this. Did fantas

It feels like gambling talk has largely replaced fantasy team talk on most broadcasts, and I wonder what role fantasy sports* played in all of this. Did fantasy sports have a causal role as a gateway that slowly normalized gambling, or were they just reflecting that there has always been a latent thirst for gambling and fantasy sports were the only socially acceptable way to scratch that itch? * not talking about “daily fantasy” stuff which was just blatant gambling pretending to be fantasy sports to exploit a loophole