[DeliciousBass]

Letter writing is fun (gotta get me some Costco stamps)...


Commissioner Roger Goodell
National Football League
280 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017

While I'm pleased to see that you are going to take your time in deciding
appropriate action with Michael Vick by waiting to "rely on facts", it is not the purpose
of this correspondence. It is related though, in the sense that I would encourage this
manner of decision-making in the future from a man in your position.

The reason you are receiving this is because you have made a decision to involve
your interests in my private life. Recent news has linked the NFL to minority group
Focus on the Family in an effort to defeat several bills currently in the House of
Representatives. The first being Barney Frank's Internet Gambling Regulation and
Enforcement Act and the second Robert Wexler's Skill Game Protection Act.

If the NFL had made a decision to "rely on the facts" in the cases of these two bills
you would clearly understand that neither endangers the NFL's dream of "no wagering
on NFL games". You chose instead to make a decision based on flawed logic that limits
my freedoms as an American citizen. In turn, I will be making the following "fact-based
decisions":

* NFL Sunday Ticket will not be purchased for my household.
* I will not make purchases of anything licensed by the NFL to include; game
tickets, jerseys, hats, fantasy teams, cups, coasters, flags, bobbleheads, etc.
* I will recommend to friends and family to avoid the same purchases.
* I will draft and submit a letter to each company who advertises on games I receive
locally to inform them that I will not make purchases from them as they support
an organization that is attempting to infringe upon my liberty.

In closing, I would encourage the NFL to take a closer look at its alliances in the
future and the stated goals of those groups. If you should choose to maintain your stance
on wagering on NFL games while rectifying your position on the issue of gambling in
general I will see that my position and actions where the NFL is concerned change as well. Until
that occurs, it turns out I still have some freedoms that you might prefer I didn't.

Sincerely,

DBass