NFL Stops Opposing Online Gambling

Most everyone that is in the Internet gambling industry knows that the National Football League (NFL) has supported the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) since it was signed into law in 2006. The NFL’s stance is that they are against sports betting. Yes, you read that right, the NFL is against sports betting! The NFL says that “sports betting hurts the integrity of the game”. Every time I hear that it just makes me laugh! One of the largest sports in America, and the games bet on weekly (perhaps billions of dollars each year) across the entire U.S.A., and they oppose sports betting……..

Because they are against sports betting they have spent millions of dollars lobbying against Rep. Barney Frank (D Ma) and his attempts at getting the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act (H.R.2267) passed into law. This bill will regulate and tax online gambling, and give the American player back their freedoms to fund an online poker game or to gamble. With a lot of effort, and some changes, the H.R. 2267 was approved by the House Financial Services Committee on July 28th, 2010. During that hearing there was an amendment added that will prohibit companies licensed under the legislation from offering sports betting, except for horse racing.

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It is that amendment to the bill which has finally gotten the NFL to stop opposing the online gambling bill and off of Rep. Frank’s back. I have not bought a thing endorsed by the NFL since they have openly came out against online gambling. And now that they have stopped I still don’t know as I will. It’s just very hard for me to show much support for something that fought against the freedoms of adults for so long…….

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