Chapter 1478 Refusing to Bow

To make a simple statistics, Nevada's sports betting industry revenue in 2006 was 2.6 billion US dollars, which rose to 3.6 billion US dollars in 2013, and by 2016, this figure had climbed to 5 billion US dollars.

That’s just one state of Nevada’s sports betting revenue.

What if it rises to the whole United States? The scale of sports betting funds has reached 400 billion U.S. dollars, and among these 400 billion U.S. dollars, at least 380 billion U.S. dollars of illegal funds flow every year.

What does it mean to legalize nearly 400 billion illegal funds and put the money in your own pockets reasonably and legally under the cloak of law?

According to Xiao Hua's idea, once the NBA promotes the legalization of sports betting, as the first league to eat crabs, the NBA hopes to take at least 1% of all bets.

If the scale of 400 billion is true, even if it is only 1%, it is 4 billion US dollars.

You know, in the season that has not yet ended, the total revenue of the NBA is only 6 billion U.S. dollars. If the revenue can be increased by 4 billion U.S. dollars, it is equivalent to a surge of more than 60% in league revenue. At that time, Xiao Hua will also be eligible to compete for the world's first manager People's throne is gone, money and reputation are not at your fingertips?

Xiao Hua dares to take risks, and he also has confidence. Assuming that the NBA suddenly increases its annual revenue by 4 billion US dollars, what kind of situation is this? The most obvious manifestation is the change in the salary cap. If the dream comes true, the league's total annual revenue will exceed 10 billion U.S. dollars, the team's salary cap will approach 170 million U.S. dollars, and the annual salary of the NBA's top-paid players will exceed 60 million U.S. dollars.

At that time, it is estimated that there will be no other sports on the sports rich list. NBA players will control at least half of the top 100. This is the real half of the country, much more reliable than Wang Banbi!

Before that, the players will have a taste of the sweet dates of salary protection. Next season, due to the new TV contract coming into effect, the NBA salary cap will break through a new high. Everyone will see how rewarding the free market will be this summer. Crazy, now that the sweetness has been tasted, don't those players who have benefited don't want to try it again?

Of course, this is only an ideal situation. Yang Cheng feels that with the dominance and greed of the gaming group, it is difficult for Xiao Hua to take advantage of the negotiation. The 1% rake is definitely not a small cake in front of the crazy scale of 400 billion, but Delicious mousse with whipped cream and strawberries, will the gaming group give it away lightly?

Yang Cheng felt that Xiao Hua would inevitably be strongly opposed by the gaming group, even a slap in the face, in the face of crazy interests, Xiao Hua is nothing, crossing rivers and demolishing bridges is the most common drama in the capital world?

Integrity? Is it worth 4 billion?

Of course, everyone is still trying to make money, so there is no need to tear your face apart. Neither side wants to waste their efforts in the early stage, so after intense negotiations, the best result should be that both sides take a step back and the NBA gets a 0.5% commission. A huge benefit, still based on the scale of 400 billion US dollars, this will be a huge sum of 2 billion US dollars, which will still have a major impact on the NBA's salary cap and salary structure.

And if you lose 2 billion, the remaining number is enough for the gaming group to eat and drink. You can't leave a little soup for the NBA, otherwise how can you expect others to cooperate with you to make money?

Both the league and the players benefit, so what about the teams? Are you watching?

Of course it's impossible, the owners of each team are also members of the capital world, how could they just sit back and watch everyone fight for the cake, and watch from the sidelines.

Therefore, after the cooperation started, the sponsorship contract of the team's home stadium and jersey chest would most likely become the object of the gaming company's efforts.

It is precisely because of this consideration that when purchasing the Nets, in order to obtain Xiao Hua's support, Yang Cheng explicitly reminded the other party that he was willing to cooperate in this regard.

But the premise is that your team must have a certain strength in competing for the championship.

In other words, Yang Cheng just wants to make money. While making money, he can also ensure that the team wins the championship and give the players and fans an explanation. Then Yang Cheng welcomes the gaming group to join.

But before that, Xiao Hua blatantly interfered in the game, and even made black hands to kill the Nets' chance to compete for the championship, which Yang Cheng never expected before.

Maybe it's also because he didn't expect the team to reach the Eastern Conference finals so smoothly, but now that he has reached this point and the championship trophy is within reach, whoever gets hacked will be outraged.

Yang Cheng can still maintain a calm attitude. Sitting here and drinking tea face to face with the perpetrator, it is considered very graceful!

Facing Xiao Hua's calmness and composure, Yang Cheng turned on the TV, and it happened to be the scene of Donaghy being interviewed. Yang Cheng pointed at nothing, and asked with a slightly provocative smile on purpose, "How do you think about how to deal with the difficulties in front of you?" Yet?"

This video was prepared by Yang Cheng in advance for Susu, otherwise how could it be such a coincidence that turning on the TV happened to be such a good show?

One of the reasons why American sports leagues are unwilling to legalize sports betting is that they are worried that games will be affected by sports betting. Once a gambling scandal occurs, it will deal a huge blow to the league’s public image, and the public image will be destroyed. What are the benefits? ?

The last time Donaghy stood up to expose the shady NBA, David Stern, who was still in the league at the time, experienced the most difficult moment in the league.

In order to preserve his hard-earned reputation, Stern took thunderous measures to expel Donaghy and sent him to prison.

It may also be because of such drastic measures that the fans' confidence in the league has been regained.

But this time?

Can Xiao Hua be so lucky?

After he watched the video of the interview quietly, he pondered slightly, "Compared to other sports leagues in the world, the NBA has actually done a good job in eliminating match-fixing. We have a special monitoring committee to monitor what happened inside and outside the stadium. Abnormal phenomena, once discovered, are undoubtedly a zero-tolerance policy, and Donaghy's previous fate is the best example.

In fact, not only the NBA, but also other American sports leagues have extremely strict punishment policies for gambling. For example, the American MLB once permanently expelled the manager of the Cincinnati Reds. "

Yang Cheng chuckled and shook his head, "Donaghy is just a scapegoat, you and I both know this, I want to hear something real, what do you, or you, plan to do to quell this dispute, and me anger!"

Xiao Hua still did not let go, biting the set of high-sounding rhetoric firmly, "The current labor agreement includes that the coaches and players of this league are prohibited from betting on any events in this league and similar clauses, and with the legalization of sports betting and the NBA In cooperation with more gaming companies, it is believed that the league will issue more and clearer laws and emphasize stricter penalties for violators.

Faced with the red line of gambling, the NBA will come up with a set of practical high-pressure policies and strict supervision in parallel, so that game participants can understand the painful price of crossing the line.

For example, once players or referees are suspected of gambling, not only will their careers end, but they will also be imprisoned.

I have repeatedly emphasized that no matter how things turn, the game will always be the core product of the league, and we will do our best to protect the authenticity and integrity of the game. "

Yang Cheng's expression became colder, "You know what I want to hear, your rhetoric is good, and the next emergency public relations can be used directly, but, you say this in front of me now, it will only make this matter Things are getting more and more serious! It's so serious that you have to pay something to solve it!"

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