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There is a new player on Capitol Hill in the ongoing online gambling battle, and the NFL could prove a more imposing adversary for Barney Frank’s new online gambling legislation than lobbying mainstays like the Christian Coalition (staunch supporters of 2006’s UIGEA legislation). The NFL, which is very well-funded and extremely popular, has stated its intentions to block any gambling legislation citing “the integrity of our game.”
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy had this to say: “We understand that illegal gambling currently occurs, but there is little we can do about that. However, we can exercise our right to oppose Internet betting on our games… Gambling on our games - online or off line - threatens the integrity of our games and all the values they represent.”
The NFL has put a formidable lobbying plan in place: They hired a full-time lobbyist in 2008, and launched a political action committee gathering donations to preserve UIGEA, and when efforts to repeal the controversial law began, the NFL decided to put forth a full effort to fight pro-gambling groups.
The strange part of the story is the generalness with which the league is fighting against; not content with blocking wagering on NFL games or sports betting in general. Instead the NFL is vehemently opposing all gambling (which poker is currently lumped into).
The NFL does have potential allies in the NCAA and other professional sports leagues, all of whom supported the UIGEA in 2006; in addition to groups like the Christian Coalition and its supporters who are against gambling on moral grounds.
On the other side of the fence, the Poker Players Alliance and similar organizations are also taking action. Thanks to the PPA’s grass roots campaigns and supporters like the Interactive Gaming Council, there is over $3 million set aside for lobbying Congress on behalf of any pro-gaming legislation.
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