A recent bipartisan attempt in the Texas legislature to pass sports betting stalled. But Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones firmly believes that it will happen someday soon.
During a conversation on a Dallas sports radio station, the longtime Cowboys owner said he sees a day when sports betting will be so common that sportscasters will regularly refer to it.
He said, “Watch Tony Romo. Watch how Romo does a telecast. Watch him sit there and say, and use the vernacular that he uses, talks about how the safety’s too close to the hash or how the corner’s too far in the middle or over on the hash. And he’ll say the quarterback will see that and you’ll see the ball going in that direction to that guy right there.”
Jones continued, “I picture right there millions of people making a wager by hearing that. We’ve got to make sure that the terminology is the kind of terminology that is common, but I can see our game enhanced tremendously by that aspect of it.”
Jones and other sports franchises in Texas are strong supporters of sports betting. Last year they formed the Sports Betting Alliance.
