Stern's gambling comments...

[Adam]

I disagree. Just being in the casino is easy to explain, and completely out in the open.

I found it interesting that Stern referred to the gambling restrictions as out-dated. How old is the CB agreement? It makes me wonder if the clause wasn't some hold-over from the 60s or something. Maybe they'll look at the whole thing a little closer next time around.

[Mark Padgett]

I think Stern's making sense here. Back in the day, when I used to visit Vegas as a kid in the 60s (my grandparents lived there) you couldn't really be in a casino without being around a lot of mob types so there was a lot of opportunity for stuff to happen. That's really not the case now, since the bean-counting corporate types have taken over the town. Too bad.

[Splute]

I didnt mean to imply that I think NBA Ref gambling shouldnt be allowed. The point I hoped to make is the media can take a simple situation and cause a public outcry. Seldom do the news stories share all sides of the story; rather they want the readers to lean a specific way. When I first heard ALL gambling wasnt allowed; I thought that was absurd. I seldom gamble, but I like knowing I have a choice and my profession doesnt restrain me from doing so.