Comments on: Louisiana Watchdog Group Killed Fantasy Bill

By: Fantasy Sports Business » Blog Archive » Lobbying Might be Way for Fantasy Industry to Go

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:50:39 +0000

[...] the lack of knowledge about fantasy in Louisiana, where it took just a single e-mail blast from the misguided Louisiana Family Forum to scare off all but 16 House delegates. Rep. Thomas Carmody said he has no plans to pursue another [...]

By: Matt Schauf

Matt Schauf — Wed, 19 May 2010 04:23:33 +0000

Roger, Rep. Carmody didn’t strike me as the slightest bit interested in pursuing this further. Any hope for action seems like it’s going to take showing more politicians how many fantasy players exist among their constituents and either redirecting groups such as the LFF or shouting them down when they deride fantasy as “gambling.” It’s probably going to take effort from groups such as the FSTA and FSA to get that message across to watchdog groups.

By: Roger Gonzalez

Roger Gonzalez — Fri, 14 May 2010 22:08:45 +0000

I am extremely dissapointed in this result. I am an avid high stakes fantasy player and I am extremely limited in playing many of the online games. I am either forced to have a partner from another state, or use another residence. Because of this I don’t participate in many games that I would be interested playing. Is there anything we can do to bring about any change?