Professional sports’ promotion of gambling websites in leagues that have heavily and severely sanctioned players for gambling is disingenuous and hypocritical. There are players who have been banned for gambling activities in those sports who now see league commissioners actively promoting sports gambling, including designating certain for-profit companies as the “official” gambling operations of their sport. What is the message the commissioners are conveying here? Is it just about the licensing fees? Can we now look forward to seeing them promote the “official assault rifle” of the sports th…