\n“We still strongly oppose legalized sports gambling,” Goodell said in late March. “The integrity of our game is number one. That is a major risk for us.”<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n“I think we have to make sure that we continue to stay focused on making sure that everyone has full confidence that what you see on the field is not influenced by any outside factors,” the commissioner explained.<\/p>\n
That might be a difficult task if nearly one in two Americans believe the Las Vegas Raiders will increase the probability of players and even referees gambling on the games they’re participating.<\/p>\n
Widespread Sports Betting, Widespread Problem<\/b><\/h2>\n
Disgraced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy lost his job after it was revealed he was gambling on games he officiated during the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons.<\/p>\n
After serving 15 months in federal prison, he’s now become a whistleblower in trying to expose what he believes to be a prevalent issue in professional sports. Last May, Donaghy said 100 percent of NBA refs gamble.<\/p>\n
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It’s not known if Donaghy’s claims are true, or whether he’s trying to justify his illegal actions. It’s hard to imagine that every referee is indeed betting; it’s also hard to imagine not a single one isn’t.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Proponents of moving the NFL to Las Vegas point out the fact that Sin City’s gambling is no longer unique\u00a0to the Mojave Desert. Twenty-six of the NFL’s 32 teams play their home games within an hour’s drive of a casino.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A Seton Hall poll shows that the NFL’s apprehensions of allowing a franchise to call Las Vegas home are more than warranted. The Seton Hall Sports Poll, conducted under the university’s Stillman School of Business, says a recent survey found that nearly one in two respondents thinks the odds of NFL players and referees betting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":48490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,1,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Seton Hall Poll Shows Nearly One in Two Believe NFL Players and Refs Will Bet on Games in Las Vegas<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n