Dunno if You should laugh or cry at the TT QB Sorsby ruling… but the pearl-clutching and rending of garments by AD’s and HC’s does cause me to shake my head. These guys have demolished everything they could think of in order to get the leagues with the most money and the most prominent teams ..but now feign horror that Sorsby is not put upon the rack ?!
Gambling seems to be locked into the human DNA and psycho-emotional makeup. It makes sense to forbid gambling where you can influence the outcome. Adjacent to insider trading. This does nothing to change the underlying human foibles.
If one does not want a total free for all then punishment has to be swift and draconian. But jurisprudence and the courts don’t seem to be leaning in the direction of unimpeachable standards and scrutinizing interested party participation.
So it goes. It “worked” because we writ large as a society agreed to the parameters. Nothing more. Don’t agree voluntarily and this is what you have.