The league and the players’ union agree in a contract on, among other things, the abolition of tests for the drug. That sounds spectacular – but the really relevant points of the paper concern sports betting, advertising and investments.
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Jurgen Schmieder, Los Angeles
Of course, this headline sounds exciting and spectacular: “The basketball league NBA legalizes marijuana!” This is not true, however, and so the excitement about it focuses on the wrong point. That in turn is a pity, because some exciting decisions have actually been made that could well be groundbreaking – not just for the NBA or US sports, but possibly for many sectors in the professional sports environment.
