NFL Helped Push Anti Poker Law
Not many fans of fantasy football may be aware of this,
but it appears that the NFL were at least partially responsible for
the momentum that lead to the passing of the Unlawful Internet Gambling
Enforcement Act that passed in October of 2006. The NFL hired lobbyist
Marty Gold, who was a former counsel to UIGEA proponent Bill Frist,
to help push through the UIGEA - which not continentally exempts fantasy
football from its rulings. The NFL runs its own fantasy football site
and gets royalties from others, and so stood to benefit by a law that
cut back on other forms of gambling but legitimized fantasy football.