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In order to continue its protest of online casinos, the National Football League has hired Jeff Miller to be a lobbyist for their cause.  Miller is the top aide to Senator Herb Kohl, his new mission is to do everything in his power to help the National Football League maintain their hypocritical image by making sure Congress leaves the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act intact. 

Several compounding issues pressured the National Football League into believing that it needed to hire an in-house lobbyist.  Perhaps the most urgent of these issues are the several actions threatening to over turn the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act and regulating online casinos.  Most notable of these attempts comes from House Representative Barney Frank who pledge to issue some sort of legislation this session that would begin the road to regulating online casinos.

The National Football League continues to hide behind its all-American, family friendly image designed by public relations wizard Pete Rozelle.  In truth they league was founded and run for years by bookmakers and gamblers.  Miller has been hired to aid that image by protecting the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.  When asked about the belief that online casinos are likely to be regulated and legalized in the coming months or years he responded, “We want to maintain the integrity of the game [American Football], and gambling threatens that.” 

This statement represents a flawed logic.  Europe has been much more receptive to online casinos than the United States.  In order to protect professional sports, leagues have worked closely with online casinos to monitor abnormal behavior that might indicate gambling corruption.

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