(DOWNLOAD) "Gambling and Professional Athletics (Articles) (Report)" by The International Sports Law Journal ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Gambling and Professional Athletics (Articles) (Report)
- Author : The International Sports Law Journal
- Release Date : January 01, 2009
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 111 KB
Description
Introduction The relationship between gambling and professional sports in the United States can be traced back to the Black Sox scandal of 1919 after eight Chicago White Sox baseball players were indicted for fixing the 1919 World Series (Udovicic, 1998). While none of the players were convicted of the game fixing allegations, they were all banned from Major League Baseball (MLB). Consequently, Major League Baseball became the first professional sports league to prohibit gambling in some form. Other sports experienced similar scandals.