So it’s definitely past time to rethink this whole legalized sports gambling thing.

I do not bet on sports, but I was and am in favor of legalization. I admit, though, that I didn’t foresee just how corrosive the combination of legalized sports gambling and smart phones would be. As dangerous as alcohol or drug addiction is, at least you don’t have an unlimited supply of booze in your pocket, like you do with sports gambling, thanks to predatory apps.

And clearly I was being naive here, but I also didn’t foresee well-compensated athletes taking bribes from gamblers. The story of the Black Sox scandal is really a story of labor relations: MLB players were so poorly treated and paid at the time that owners effectively invited gambling into the house. Given the explosion in player salaries

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