Tag: NFL sports gambling
NFL’s opposition to legalized sports gambling isn’t changing
February 4, 2014
NBC Sports – NFL commissioner Roger Goodell affirmed Friday that the league remains committed to opposing further legalization of sports gambling. “As you know, we fought legalized gambling, sports gambling, for a long time, most recently here in New Jersey, and I would see our position in the same vein going forward,” Goodell said. Goodell’s response stemmed from a question about the league’s support of fantasy football and distaste for sports betting. “We don’t put fantasy football in that category at all,” Goodell said, referring to gambling. Goodell relayed a story of a father and teenage daughter bonding over…