Friday, September 07, 2012
With my research devoted to the legality and efficacy of minimum age rules winding down (recent examples here and here), I am looking forward to moving into a new research line - (non-)gambling corruption and manipulation in sports. It is a topic that blends my interest in doctrinal sports law and quantitative methods. With a few working papers on the topic in the queue (here and here), I was fortunate to receive a small grant that enabled me to organize a panel with a number of subject matter experts. The panel will take place October 12, 2012 and will be hosted by Florida State University's Department of Sport Management as part of the department's annual conference. The panel title, speakers, and abstract are below.
Corruption,
Gambling, and Manipulation in Sports
Ryan Rodenberg (moderator)
Florida
State University
Rick Borghesi (panelist)
University
of South Florida
Author,
Widespread Corruption inSports Gambling:
Fact or Fiction?
Sean Patrick Griffin
(panelist)
Penn
State Abington
Author,
Gaming the Game: The InsideStory of the
NBA Betting Scandal and the Gambler who Made it Happen
Katarina
Pijetlovic
(panelist)
Tallinn
Law School, Estonia
Author,
European Union SportsPolicy
Update
Jeff Reel
Associate
General Counsel
ATP
World Tour
Brian Tuohy (panelist)
Author,
The Fix is In: The ShowbizManipulation of
the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, and NASCAR
Author,
Larceny Games: SportsGambling, Game
Fixing, and the FBI
ABSTRACT
Twenty
years ago, U.S. President George H.W. Bush signed into law theProfessional and
Amateur Sports Protection Act (“PASPA”), a federal statutebanning sports
gambling in all but four states (Nevada, Delaware, Montana, andOregon). PASPA, dubbed the Bradley Actafter its main
Senatorial proponent and former NBA player Bill Bradley (D-NJ),drew strong
support from professional and amateur sports leaguesnationwide. Competitive
integrity preservation and theprevention of corruption in sporting contests were
major tenets in furtheranceof PASPA’s enactment two decades ago. With the impetus for PASPA as a backdrop, the
foci of this panel aretwo-fold. First,
each panelist willprovide a primer on how competitive sports can (and are) being
corrupted bygambling-related game fixing and non-gambling commercial
interests. Second, panelists will discuss
specificaspects of corruption and manipulation of sports. Borghesi will explain how he tested the
so-called“widespread point shaving hypothesis” in college basketball. Griffin will provide an overview of the
NBAbetting scandal and detail his statistical analysis of point spread
movementsin the recent NBA betting scandal.
Pijetlovic
willexplain emerging corruption trends in Europe and the state of investigative
journalismin the sports industry. Reel
willoutline anti-corruption policy from a global sports league’s
perspective. Tuohy will posit on how
commercial interestsaugment sports and introduce his findings from over 400 FBI
files pertaining tosports bribery and related issues. Thepanel will conclude with predictions and
remedies for the future.
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