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The National Football League may prove to be an even bigger opponent for Barney Frank that Christian Conservatives.  The National Football League is doing everything they can to resist the legalization and regulation of online casinos or any other form of online gambling.  Well funded and extremely popular, the league has a lot of political sway.  According to the National Football League, their opposition to legalized online casinos is an effort to, at all costs, maintain “the integrity of our game.”

“We understand that illegal gambling currently occurs, but there is little we can do about that,” said Brian McCarthy an National Football League spokes person.

“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 curious, however, is not that the National Football League opposes online gambling at all, it is the fact that they oppose online gambling in general.  It would be understood if the league to such a bold stance against online sportsbetting, but they are also standing in the way of legal online casinos and legal online poker.  Neither online casinos nor online poker threaten the integrity of sporting matches.

The lobbying plan being crafted by the National Football League could potentially carry a lot of pull.  Back in 2008 the leagues hired full time lobbyists.  The league has even organized a political action committee to raise funds for the preservation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.  The league is not shy of supporters as they could very easily draw the support of other professional sporting leagues.

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