Roger Goodell: NFL not trying to be ‘high and mighty’ about gambling
June 2, 2009 by admin
Filed under Delaware Sports Betting News
An article published today in the USAToday Sports section details some of Roger Goodell’s thoughts on NFL Gambling.
Commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday he does not see a conflict between the NFL embracing partnerships with state lotteries and taking a hard-line stance on sports betting that was approved in Delaware last month.
Goodell told Bob Glauber of Newsday that the league is not intending to be “high and mighty” on gambling, but wants to distance itself from gambling on the outcome of games.
NFL owners approved a policy last month in which teams can collaborate with state lotteries on games featuring teams’ names and logos.
About lotteries, Goodell told Newsday, “It’s a game of chance and it’s a scratch off. The outcome of our game, that’s a much different issue. We’re not making a statement about nobody should gamble.”
The NFL has held open the possibility that it may file suit to stop the Delaware law that is set to bring legalized sports gambling to the state. (Such gambling is already legal in Nevada.)
Goodell told Newsday the league is not trying to make a “social statement whether gambling is good, bad or indifferent.”
“All we know is how it impacts on us. The issue is that legal or illegal sports gambling on the outcome or our games does impact us and the integrity of our game and we want people to understand that it’s something we remain opposed to. The lotteries are something that’s become more and more involved as stadiums are getting built. People are using lottery revenues to build stadiums and using lottery revenues for educational purposes. It’s something that’s become accepted in our world. We have not crossed over the line to casinos. We take a very strong view on trying to keep an arm’s distance from them.”
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