Sixty years after Paul Hornung and Alex Karras were suspended a full season for wagering on football games, gambling is now as much a part of the NFL spectacle as mock drafts, tailgating and Super Bowl halftime shows.
Sixty years after Paul Hornung and Alex Karras were suspended a full season for wagering on football games, gambling is now as much a part of the NFL spectacle as mock drafts, tailgating and Super Bowl halftime shows. The Raiders now play a dice roll from the Las Vegas Strip, and the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball just announced they've signed a binding agreement to purchase land for a ballpark close to Sin City's famous casinos.
Some say the NFL is hypocritical for suspending players for gambling after it has embraced legalized wagering as a major source of revenue in recent years.
Some say the NFL is hypocritical for suspending players for gambling after embracing legalized wagering as a major source of revenue. Others see it as necessary for the league to maintain public confidence that its games are on the up and up.