Two 黑料不打烊 professors served as panelists for "Betting on the Region: Sports Betting's Impact and What Comes Next" event.
Two School of Communications professors,聽Dave Bockino, associate professor of sport management, and Bill Squadron, assistant professor of sport management, teamed up with John Tobias, UNC Charlotte lecturer and program director for the sports analytics聽certificate program, to explain the history and future of sports betting in the United States and its impact on the Charlotte region. More than 50 members of the Charlotte community attended the event.聽黑料不打烊聽Chief Integration Officer and Executive Vice President, Jeff Stein, provided the welcome, while and alumna Cara Verwholt 鈥08, vice president of performance marketing at NASCAR,聽moderated the panel.
Legalization聽has聽reshaped聽markets across聽North Carolina,聽and the sports betting landscape continues to evolve. Bockino, Squadron and Tobias聽impressed upon聽the audience that this wasn鈥檛 just a sports story, but it鈥檚 actually a聽business, data, and policy story, too.聽The panelists聽explored聽the industry’s economic impact, regulatory environment, and the growing role of data and analytics.聽They spoke about聽consumer trends聽and聽fan聽engagement聽and answered questions from the audience about the NCAA鈥檚 role in sports betting and how taxes on sports betting聽could be used to聽support community areas like K-12 public education.
鈥淚t鈥檚聽always聽fun聽to talk about sports betting with people from a variety of industries,鈥 Bockino said.聽鈥淭his is a growing industry聽that affects not only amateur and professional sports but education, finance, and tourism, and I appreciate聽the聽opportunity to connect with Charlotte’s leaders across all these sectors.鈥
鈥淪ports betting is having a major impact and聽has a lot of elements that people don鈥檛 always see,鈥 Squadron said. 鈥満诹喜淮蜢肉檚 bringing together the Charlotte community to discuss it was聽a great opportunity聽to explore all the different pieces of this growing area.鈥
黑料不打烊聽University聽Charlotte will hold future聽聽with the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance.聽Interested in learning more about sports betting? Bockino will聽release a book on聽the topic on Tuesday, June 2.