NFL, MLB,NBA,NHL,NCAA ARE POISED TO CHALLENGE NEW JERSEY ON SPORTS BETTING LAW

The four major professional sports leagues and the NCAA are poised to move forward with their legal fight over New Jersey plans to allow sports gambling.

This comes after a Federal Judge rejected arguments that the leagues couldn’t prove they would be harmed if the state proceeds with their plans.

The Judge denied the states request to dismiss the lawsuit by the NBA, NHL,NHL,NFL and NCAA. United States District Judge Michael Shipp agreed that they have standing to file the suit because expanding legal sports betting to New Jersey would negatively affect perception of their games.

In his ruling, the Judge cited studies offered by the leagues that showed fans’ negative attitudes toward game-fixing and sports gambling.

New Jersey also has argued in court papers that a 1990s law prohibiting sports gambling in all but four states is unconstitutional, and Shipp ordered that a date for oral arguments on that issue will be set after January 20th.