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Ranking the 12 biggest changes in sports in 2019

A new era of NFL quarterbacks, juiced baseballs and the resurgent Lakers top Touchdown Wire’s list of the 12 biggest changes in sports.

For the better part of the past decade, Tom Brady and Drew Brees were the NFL’s two top quarterbacks. But that’s no longer true.

Brady and Brees are still great. But they’ve got company at the top of the mountain with the likes of Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, Dak Prescott, Deshaun Watson and Josh Allen emerging as the next generation of great quarterbacks. That’s a major change in the NFL landscape.

Change is inevitable in the world of sports. In 2019, there have been myriad significant changes in sports, and we’re not just talking about the changing of the guard at quarterback in the NFL.

We’re talking about things such as big-name coaches landing in new places, NBA teams rising and falling, a first-time champion in men’s NCAA basketball, allegations of a juiced baseball and new looks with new uniforms.

Those are just a few of the changes that took place this year. Let’s examine the 12 most significant changes in the sports world in 2019.

12. The spread of legalized sports gambling

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For years, betting on sports was illegal in the United States, with the exception of Nevada. Otherwise gamblers had to turn to offshore and online gambling or bet with illegal bookies. But all that has changed recently. Sports gambling now is legal in Arkansas, Delaware, Mississippi, Indiana, Iowa, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and West Virginia in addition to Nevada. Gambling also has been legalized, pending launch, in several other states with legislation pending in approximately 20 other states. Only a handful of states have taken no action toward legalizing sports gambling.

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Former Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano to be named Rutgers head coach

According to multiple reports, former Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano has agreed in principle to become Rutgers’ head coach.

Groundhog day has officially struck a couple of months early in Piscataway, New Jersey. That’s because according to The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman and others, former Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano has agreed in principle to become the next head coach at Rutgers — for a second time.

Schiano put the Rutgers program on the map back in the mid 2000’s by using a workmanlike attitude sorely needed in a program that had struggled to string together any type consistent competitiveness. The Scarlet Knights enjoyed their most productive seasons in school history under his watch.

He then used that success to make the leap to the next level with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers but never met expectations there and was fired during the 2013 season after just two seasons. He then went back to the high school ranks before being hired as the defensive coordinator by good friend Urban Meyer at Ohio State in 2016.

Schiano though, was not retained by new head coach Ryan Day and had a short stint with the New England Patriots in the offseason before deciding to concentrate of family rather than the rigors of the NFL.

Now, it appears. he is back to familiar surroundings in the state he knows and loves well. The deal is reportedly an 8-year $32 Million deal also according to the same sources that detailed the arrangement to The Athletic.

It remains to be seen whether Schiano can duplicate the success he had in his first stint. It’ll be an uphill climb both ways with all the disadvantages built into the program, but time will tell.