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Court ruling allowing gambling will poison sports and values it teaches, says Bradley
Herb Jackson, Washington Correspondent, @HerbNJDC Published 6:21 a.m. ET May 16, 2018 | Updated 6:50 a.m. ET May 16, 2018

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Former Sen. Bill Bradley had nothing good to say Tuesday about the Supreme Court ruling that overturned the 1992 law he wrote that banned betting on sports in states where it was not already illegal.

An Olympic gold medalist who played on two championship New York Knicks teams, Bradley once wrote abook about how the values he learned playing basketball shaped his life. But the New Jersey Democrat now believes athletes will be treated like roulette chips by the gambling industry.

In an interview with The Record and NorthJersey.com Bradley also blasted a Supreme Court that makes narrow decisions with no regard for their impact, and said there was virtually no chance Congress would act again to prevent the worst consequences from happening. He also said he could not explain why the public — New Jersey voters approved a constitutional amendment allowing sports betting by a 64 percent to 36 percent margin in 2011 — does not see the issue the way he does.

Here's excerpts from the interview:

Q: What's your reaction to the ruling?

Bradley: I regret the ruling. I think the court ignored the impact that the ruling will have on sports in America, and values you learn form sports. I mean, they've turned every basketball player, football player and baseball player into a roulette chip.