What on earth would have made Calvin Ridley think it was OK for him to bet on NFL games?
A peek at the Atlanta Falcons’ 2022 away games, one of which will be played at the Caesars Superdome? A glance at the NFL’s website, where there is a tab that takes you to an entire website devoted to fantasy football? Or was it seeing those ads for sports books that have become ubiquitous during games and every other NFL-related program?
The aforementioned Caesars – which runs ads featuring the entire Manning family, the NFL’s equivalent of a papal benediction. FanDuel. DraftKings. PointsBet. The NFL and individual teams have partnered with so many sports books and casinos over the past few years, adding millions to their already robust bottom lines, that it’s hard to keep them all straight.
“There is nothing more fundamental to the NFL’s success – and to the reputation of everyone associated with our league – than upholding the integrity of the game,” commissioner Roger Goodell…