The Federal Trade Commission should establish a federal regulatory framework for sports betting.

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "The Federal Trade Commission should establish a federal regulatory framework for sports betting.". Your opponent's style: Devil's Advocate

we have a whole case written down for this

I'm ready to debate you on this topic. Before you share your case, let me get ahead of things: **Federal regulatory frameworks sound neat in theory—until you realize they're the kiss of death for actual innovation and consumer choice.** The moment you hand this to the FTC, you don't get one unified system. You get bureaucratic paralysis layered on top of the patchwork that already exists. States like Nevada and New Jersey have already built functioning markets with real oversight. Now the FTC swoops in with federal rules that either contradict state frameworks or become so watered down they're meaningless—and everybody loses. Here's the real problem with your position: **you're assuming the FTC is some neutral arbiter, when in reality it becomes a tool for incumbent sportsbooks to lock out competitors.** Big operators like DraftKings and FanDuel will have teams of lawyers helping write "sensible regulations"—and suddenly smaller competitors can't afford compliance. The existing state-by-state system, messy as it is, at least lets innovation happen at the edges. Federal regulation kills that. **So before you unveil your whole case: are you arguing the FTC would actually do a *better* job than states, or just that having one rule everywhere is worth the tradeoff even if that rule is worse?** Because those are two very different arguments, and I suspect your case conflates them. Let's hear what you've got.