NCAA V. CHRISTIE Presented By: DaSean Dykes, Kurt Mullins, and Joseph Lofton.

NCAA V. CHRISTIE

Presented By: DaSean Dykes, Kurt Mullins, and

Joseph Lofton

SUMMARY OF CASE

Multiple professional corporations file several

motions against the state of New Jersey.

Preliminary injunction seeking to enjoin

defendants of the case.

The big issue at stake in the case is whether the

1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection

Act (“PASPA”), which limits single-game sports

betting to Nevada, is constitutional.

P.A.S.P.A

Attempts to define the legal status of sports betting

throughout the United States.

This act effectively outlawed sports betting nationwide,

excluding a few states.

Congress provided a one-year window of opportunity from

the effective date of PASPA (January 1, 1993) for states

which operated licensed casino gaming for the previous

ten-year period to pass laws permitting sports wagering. 

ARGUMENTS

Prevention of the encouragement of sports betting.

Gambling will lead to the tarnishing of reputations

for professional sports and other organizations alike.

The way in which the consumers view the different

sports will become skewed.

AFFIRMATIVE RULING

Violation of the Professional and Amateur Sports

Protection Act of 1992.

State of New Jersey lacks credible reasoning for

the legalization of sports betting.

Aside from potential revenue gain, the state of

New Jersey may seek to find financial gain

elsewhere.

REFERENCES

http://pokerati.com/wp-content/uploads/show_multidocs1.pdf

http://pokerati.com/2012/08/ncaa-v-christie/

http://www.bgsfirm.com/college-sports-law-blog/ncaa-v-

christie-suit-over-gambling-in-new-jersey

http://deadspin.com/5958588/the-ncaa-is-fighting-new-jersey-

and-chris-christie-to-protect-the-sanctity-of-illegal-underground-

amateur-sports-gambling

 http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/part-VI/chapter-178