once again NFL talks out of both sides of its ass

[Nasty_Magician]

The NFL is right in this situation.

You guys are crazy.

NFL player's absolutely should NOT be allowed to work with and take money from people in the gaming industry.

A team however can set up sponsorship deals with the industry.

It is just common sense here. An individual player, like HUNDREDS (maybe thousands) of players have in the past, will take money to point shave or throw a game when offered the right payoff. A franchise as a whole would never do that.

So you think the guy worth more than $80 million will be bribed?


I'd recommend this book to understand how bribery and match fixing works. Nothing about Tony Romo or most athletes in the NFL, makes them targets for match fixing.

 

[ducky]

So you think the guy worth more than $80 million will be bribed?


I'd recommend this book to understand how bribery and match fixing works. Nothing about Tony Romo or most athletes in the NFL, makes them targets for match fixing.

No I don't think Tony Romo can be bribed.

But there are a ton of NFL players who could be. And what is the rule for one is the rule for all.

 

[boogiewithstu2007]

the NFL's definition of 'fan friendly' is if the league can make a buck it's good for the fans, otherwise, fuck the fans.

Well said ....

 

[Nasty_Magician]

No I don't think Tony Romo can be bribed.

But there are a ton of NFL players who could be. And what is the rule for one is the rule for all.

The only player worth bribing on an NFL team is a QB and they are too highly paid to make it worth it.

 

[PDay8810]

The only player worth bribing on an NFL team is a QB and they are too highly paid to make it worth it.

No no no no....options galore

 

[ducky]

The only player worth bribing on an NFL team is a QB and they are too highly paid to make it worth it.

It's the new NFL. Parity reigns. The best team in the league isn't much different than the worst team in the league. You get one secondary player, a FG kicker, or an OT in your pocket and you likely can change the outcome of most games.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

The only player worth bribing on an NFL team is a QB and they are too highly paid to make it worth it.

To add to this, realistically if you were fixing an NFL game you would bribe the refs.

 

[TxHeat]

To add to this, realistically if you were fixing an NFL game you would bribe the refs.

or..just sit back and watch the refs fuck things up without spending a dime.

 

[redseat]

It's the first time I've heard if it and the story did say inaugural.

Sorry, thought I heard the other day he's done this a few times.

 

[Manster7588]

Sorry, thought I heard the other day he's done this a few times.

No worries, just saying I haven't heard of it before this. Also just because the writer says it is the inaugural doesn't mean he's right. They misprint shit enough and it very well could have been an ongoing event.

 

[redseat]

No worries, just saying I haven't heard of it before this. Also just because the writer says it is the inaugural doesn't mean he's right. They misprint shit enough and it very well could have been an ongoing event.

true and I wouldn't put it past the writer to try and make Romo look like a bad guy in all of this either instead of the NFL

 

[jerseyhawksfan79]

The NFL is right in this situation.

You guys are crazy.

NFL player's absolutely should NOT be allowed to work with and take money from people in the gaming industry.

A team however can set up sponsorship deals with the industry.

It is just common sense here. An individual player, like HUNDREDS (maybe thousands) of players have in the past, will take money to point shave or throw a game when offered the right payoff. A franchise as a whole would never do that.

I might be wrong on this, but I thought this event was to be held at the convention center where there isn't a casino inside the building.

 

[Manster7588]

The NFL is right in this situation.

You guys are crazy.

NFL player's absolutely should NOT be allowed to work with and take money from people in the gaming industry.

A team however can set up sponsorship deals with the industry.

It is just common sense here. An individual player, like HUNDREDS (maybe thousands) of players have in the past, will take money to point shave or throw a game when offered the right payoff. A franchise as a whole would never do that.

The gaming industry is the strongest force against fixed games. The gaming industry is the best defense against fixed gsmes, who do you think watches out for possible fixes more than the gaming industry.
Vegas is not fixing games, it's the illegal books the NFL needs to be concerned about.

 

[JMR]

I can see the NFL's reservation. Not really about the event itself but the connection between players and a particular gambling establishment and/or industry. It's not like the NFL has something against fantasy football or even gambling -- both represent a lot of revenue for the league. But you get a player too close to the Sands casino, as an example, and perception could creep in that funny business may be going on to help the Sands make more money in an unscrupulous sort of way, and that is bad for the integrity of the game.

 

[TxHeat]

And the beat goes on, although this makes more sense than what Romo was going to do, which wasn't going to be in a casino.



According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, the NFL emailed Dolphins players A.J. Francis, Jason Fox and Jordan Cameron to tell them their promoted appearance at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek would be in violation of NFL rules against promoting casino activities. Event organizer Andy Slater, a talk-show host in Florida who has been hosting the tournament the past few years, also got an email from the league according to the Sun-Sentinel.

"The NFL is just doing this [with the Dolphins] as a precaution," Slater told the Sun-Sentinel. "It's an absolute joke. "The NFL is built on gambling. This is the players' time off, and they hang out with fans at a legal gambling event at a legit casino."


The players were promoted as "bounty" players for the $94 buy-in tournament, meaning if a player knocked one of the Dolphins out of the tournament then they got a bonus.