Daniel A. Etna, Partner

Dan Etna was quoted in SportsBusiness Journal on NBA Commissioner Adam Silver's recent opinion piece in The New York Times pushing for legalized sports betting and how it may affect how other professional sports leagues position themselves on the issue. "The NBA is very creative in finding ways to maximize its assets, and [Silver] wants to get in front so that the NBA will have the ability to derive revenue from it," Dan said. "By getting out there, he is going to cause the other leagues to take a position on it sooner rather than later." He added, "I find it very curious given that the NBA is party to the New Jersey gambling lawsuit. It is kind of Silver double dribbling."