Posted by
Billy on Wednesday, January 06, 2010 2:05:32 PM
National Basketball Association (NBA) commissioner David Stern told
Sports
Illustrated he's open to the idea of gambling.
Les Bernal, executive director for
Stop Predatory
Gambling, predicts that gambling "will completely corrupt the professional
sports system. The idea that you're going to allow individuals to make large
sums off of a minor point spread in a basketball game -- I mean, it's open to
all kinds of influence," he says.
Bernal feels that agreement with
Stern's comments will ultimately mean a bad outcome for the NBA and America. "We
call it predatory gambling for a reason," he comments. "It's the out-of-control
and addictive individual who makes up the base of the money-making scheme for
these guys who own these gambling rings."
(Families, kids, and parents have had their lives destroyed thanks to gambling. Mr. Stern is out to lunch if he allows gambling to take place in the NBA. Read more of the above story
NBA gambling would only benefit
bookies.)