The NFL (and most of the other US sports leagues) received a letter from Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada this week, and responded to formally request help with dealing with what Johnathan Nabavi calls "the illicit sports betting market".
This is over and above the 34 states and DC which have legalized efforts.
There are three major comedic elements to this story.
- Two of which are statements by Nabavi:
- "There is no higher principle at the NFL than safeguarding the integrity of the game,"
- If that's the case, where are the arrests of a number of players who committed what, at best, would be considered suspicious acts during games in the 2023 season alone.
- "Our efforts to uphold game integrity have been ongoing throughout the history of the league and our commitment has not wavered since the Supreme Court's decision. The increased accessibility of sports betting has made our efforts even more important."
- The third is effectively two-fold.
- Anyone who knows of sports betting in this country (much less the billions around the world) knows there's a massive such market...
- ... one which has connections like Floyd Mayweather in it, unless you can actually think Mayweather OR his Money Team can walk up with the kind of money they like to lay down without triggering "loss protection" and "loss prevention" situations.
Keep lying, NFL. Keep lying.
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