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11 Willamette Sports L.J. 1 (2013-2014)

handle is hein.journals/wlmsplj11 and id is 1 raw text is: TWO LESSONS OF ANTICOMMANDEERING: THE PREEMPTIVE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR SPORTS PROTECTION ACT W. Dane Carey* INTRODUCTION.............................................................................1 I. Sports Gambling Ban in the United States...........................................3 A. The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) ...........................3 B. Constitutionality of PASPA...................................................4 1. Tenth Amendment.......................................................5 2. Commerce Clause .......................................................6 II. Federalism: A System of Dual Sovereignty........................ .................7 A. The Anticommandeering Principle..............................................8 B. PASPA and State Sovereignty................................................10 1. Distinction Between Enacting and Repealing Laws...............................10 2. Diminished Political Accountability..........................................13 III. Constraint on Congress's Preemption Power ........................................15 A. States' Overlooked Power to Authorize Federal Crime...............................15 1. Preempting State Marijuana Laws ...........................................16 2. Practical Significance of Federal Preemption....................................17 B. Extent of PASPA's Preemptive Function.........................................19 IV. Enforceability Implications...................................................20 A. Enforcing the Federal Marijuana Ban..........................................21 B. Enforcing PASPA........................................................24 CONCLUSION ............................................................... 26 INTRODUCTION Sports gambling is big business.' The American Gaming Association estimates the United States sports betting market to be worth as much as $380 billion .2 Yet, full-scale sports gambling is only legal in one state, Nevada,' which accounts for less than 100 of the national sports gambling market.4 As the * J.D., 2015, Michigan Slate University College of Law, M.B.A. (Finance), 2015, Michigan State University Broad College of Business, B.A. (Economics) Kalamazoo College 2011. The author would like to thank Brian Kalt for his guidance throughout the development of this Note. He would also like to credit his dad for teaching him to always be the best he can be and his mom for teaching him that being the best he can be and being a good person are not incompatible pursuits. The author is very grateful to his fellow Law Review members for their thoughtful edits throughout the writing process, especially Shannon Smith and Patrick Ellis. 1 See Am. GAMING Ass'N, State of the States: the AGTA Survey of Casino Entertainment 33 (2012) (Sports betting is a popular activity in America.). 2Sports Wagering, Am. GAMING Ass 'N, http://www .americangaming.org/industry-resources/research/fact- sheets/sports-wagering (last modified June 30, 2012) (citing NAT'L GAMBLING IMPACT STUDY COMM'N FINAL REPORT 2-16 (1999), available at http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/ngisc/reports/fullrpt.html). 3 Am. GAMING Ass'N, supra note 1. ..... ..... .... 3 1I FALL 2013

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