Casino Industry Lobby: NFL's Perception Of Casinos 'Pretty Ridiculous'League Taking Heat For Convoluted Position On Casinos |
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Even though the NFL owes a lot of its popularity to legal gambling, the league has a strong policy against its players participating in events at casinos. Recently, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo was told he couldn’t be involved with a fantasy football convention in Las Vegas. Three Miami Dolphins players were also recently told to withdraw from a small-stakes poker tournament in Florida.
The American Gaming Association, the casino industry’s top lobbying group on Capitol Hill, had a representative tell KNPR that the NFL’s position makes no sense.
“We think these outdated perceptions of what casinos are and what they offer is…quite frankly pretty ridiculous,” Sara Rayme, senior vice president of public affairs with the AGA, said.
The NFL doesn’t ban players for stepping foot inside of a casino and they can play casino games, but they are not allowed to be involved in any way with promoting an event held at a casino, even if it’s just allowing a property to advertise that you’re playing in a poker tournament.
While players and league personnel have to follow this rule, franchises can make money through deals with casinos. In May, the Detroit Lions announced a partnership with MGM Grand Detroit.
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