A report by FOX8's Bob Buckley focused on how the expansion of legal sports betting could impact sports fans and the sport itself.
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The expansion of sports betting into North Carolina and other states has filled the state's coffers with revenue as well as the coffers of those who participate in betting, while also providing sports fans with a passion for their team and which team. It also gives you the means to invest in your best intuition. It will come out on top.
But is sports betting good for sports betting overall? David Bocchino, associate professor of sports management at Elon University, says no.
“I think this will lead to the collapse of traditional fandom,” Bocchino told FOX 8's Bob Buckley.
Insights from Bocchino and fellow faculty member Bill Squadron, assistant professor of sports management, were featured in Buckley's recent report on expanding legal sports betting to North Carolina.
“For the league, is it going to increase viewership and engagement and all these buzzwords that they love to talk about,” Bocking said. “For sports as a cultural and social entity, is it good for us Americans to gamble on sports? I think the answer is no. I think it's more fun to root for the team for the sake of the team. ”
In his new book, Game One: How Sports Media Grow Up, Sold Out and Get Personal With Billions of Fans, Bocchino details how the evolution of sports betting and other factors have impacted sports. I'm explaining.
Squadron equates the history of sports betting with the history of Prohibition in the United States. “Once the Internet became a factor, it exploded and became global, offshore, international…suddenly there was no way to manage it and…the prohibition model began,” the squadron said. .
However, the fine-grained ways in which fans can bet on sports competitions can influence perceptions of fairness. Establishing the outcome of a competition can be more difficult than the performance of individual players or a single statistic during the competition.
“This simply opens up the possibility that the outcome of the match will be manipulated in such a way that it is much more difficult to fix, or at least creates the suspicion that it is,” Squadron said.
For more information, check out all segments of The Buckley Report.
Prior to entering academia, Bocchino spent seven years in both ESPN's Research and Analytics Department and International Advertising Sales, working closely with ESPN offices in Mexico, South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Besides “Game On,” Bocchino is also the author of “The Guidebook Experiment” and his Kindle single “Greetings from Myanmar.” He has published his research in Newspaper Research Journal, Asian Journal of Communication, Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, and presented his research papers in AEJMC, ICA, etc. His teaching, writing, and research interests include media, business, sports, history, and travel.
Squadron holds a law degree from the University of California, Berkeley and was previously a partner at Morrison & Foerster, a cable, broadcast and wireless regulatory firm. He served as the New York City Telecommunications Commissioner under Mayor David Dinkins and as president of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors, representing all municipalities in the debate over the 1992 Cable Act.
Squadron previously served as Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning at News Corp. and was named New York City's Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in Media in 2001. From 2003 to 2006 he served as Head of New Media at IMG North America. He was president of Bloomberg Sports, a leader in sports data and analytics services, which was sold to Vista Equity Partners in 2015.
