New Jersey association sues NCAA
The horse racing association filed a legal action against the NCAA and four major sports leagues.
US.- The New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association (NJTHA) has decided to file a legal action against the four major pro sports leagues and the NCAA. The horse racing entity said that the leagues have cost one of the state’s racetracks more than US$130 million in revenue by blocking sports betting operations.
NJTHA says that the sports leagues acted in bad faith when they obtained a restraining order in 2014 to block Monmouth Park Racetrack from offering sports betting, as the sports leagues were actively promoting and endorsing businesses that made millions from DFS games.
The same leagues being sued by the NJTHA are the ones that filed a legal action against then-Governor Chris Christie after he signed a law that lifted the prohibition on sports betting at casinos and racetracks. They argued that that expanding gambling outside the four states that allowed sports betting would damage the integrity of the games, as well as that the law violated the 1992 Act PASPA.
The association said that Monmouth Park would’ve made US$139 million in revenue from sports betting between November 2014 and until the prohibition was lifted. “During the intervening years the Leagues’ actions nearly put Monmouth Park out of business, inflicted significant financial and emotional hardship on hundreds of innocent Monmouth Park workers, and jeopardized the continued viability of New Jersey’s entire equine industry,” the filing says.
