A Commonwealth of Kentucky legislator wants to prepare his state for sports betting’s eventual legality, while an NFL defensive back wants the league to pull its hypocritical head out of its ass.

Wednesday saw Kentucky state Sen. Julian Carroll file BR 155, which would exempt sports betting from the state’s list of gambling no-no’s, require the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to institute a sports wagering system and to “vest forceful control” over the activity, and to make it Commonwealth policy to “encourage wagering on sporting events, when allowed by federal law.”

That last clause is the only really important one, as BR 155 won’t mean squat until the federal government revises or repeals its PASPA sports betting prohibition, which it could be forced to do if the US Supreme Court tells the government that New Jersey has a point.

Kentucky’s bill joins a growing list of states that are attempting to position themselves in the event that the Supremes find PASPA unconstitutional, or federal politicians decide they need to define their own gambling landscape before the courts do it for them.