The NFL has announced that starting next year "up to two" regular-season games will be played abroad. This is to accomodate the growing popularity of the NFL in other countries, says the league.
Bet on it that one of the countries chosen will be Mexico, where last season they drew the biggest crowd ever for an NFL game.
But the NFL, a fierce opponent of legalized gambling on their product, does not seem to be bothered by the fact that anyone with a dollar, or 10 pesos, can get a legal bet down on the games in any big city in Mexico. Or from anywhere in Mexico if they have a phone account.
It's also likely that the other country chosen also will have legal sports wagering.
This is the league that also will not hold a convention in Vegas, because, horror of horrors, sports betting is legal there.
The NFL beat reporters are a whorish crew, in love with the perks passed out by the NFL. Not to mention the prestige of being on a first-name basis with football heroes.
But hopefully at least one of them has enough integrity to stick it hard to the new NFL commissioner on this issue, and not let him off the hook.
What, pray tell, is the rationale behind this incredible hypocrisy?
Bet on it that one of the countries chosen will be Mexico, where last season they drew the biggest crowd ever for an NFL game.
But the NFL, a fierce opponent of legalized gambling on their product, does not seem to be bothered by the fact that anyone with a dollar, or 10 pesos, can get a legal bet down on the games in any big city in Mexico. Or from anywhere in Mexico if they have a phone account.
It's also likely that the other country chosen also will have legal sports wagering.
This is the league that also will not hold a convention in Vegas, because, horror of horrors, sports betting is legal there.
The NFL beat reporters are a whorish crew, in love with the perks passed out by the NFL. Not to mention the prestige of being on a first-name basis with football heroes.
But hopefully at least one of them has enough integrity to stick it hard to the new NFL commissioner on this issue, and not let him off the hook.
What, pray tell, is the rationale behind this incredible hypocrisy?