NFL enlists Christian right to fight Barney Frank

[mhcmarty]

In my e-mail to the NFL, I let them know that I would not be subscribing to the NFL Ticket on DirectTV this year as a result of their work against Franks bill.

Thanks for the letter!!

[TheRedRocket]

If someone will write up a template I will send it to them and I'll alter my NFL watching as well

[oldbookguy]

Engineer wrote a good one and here is mine, copy any / all of it you like.

http://www.nfl.com/help/emailtech

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

Sir,

I must say I am quit disappointed in your alliance with Focus on the Family and your opposition to the Barney Frank’s proposed Internet Gambling Legislation.

I can and do appreciate your position concerning Football and your right to oppose sports betting.
I appreciate your right to forbid NFL players from betting or engaging in betting.

I do NOT appreciate this position however when you openly support fantasy football, allowing we fans to draft our own team to ‘GAMBLE’ on to win prizes.

I do NOT appreciate your opposition to my being allowed to play cards on the Internet. It is not your nor anyone else’s place to determine what I do in my spare time.

Let me make a simple analogy for you between a football season and a poker tournament.

Your players and teams play the regular season hoping for the brass ring of the playoffs where they earn ‘extra’ money above and beyond the enormous salaries they are paid with the hope in the end to be crowned champion and get the gold ring.

A poker tournament is much the same; our ‘season’ is played to reach the money by beating out others to make the playoffs. Our ‘playoffs’ begin when enough players are eliminated and the bonus money level is reached. Each level of the ‘money / playoffs’ we advance to we earn more. In the end a champion is crowned and rather than the ‘brass’ ring we get the gold, we are champion in much the same way as a ‘Super Bowl’ champion is crowned.

In closing as a fan I would appreciate you making a distinction between your anti-sports betting stance and my playing cards.

A WV Fan,

XXXXXXXX

[TheEngineer]

August 13, 2007

Mr. August A. Busch IV
President and Chief Executive Officer
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
One Busch Place
St. Louis, MO 63118

Dear Mr. Busch:

I am writing to express my anger and disappointment at the National Football League’s very vocal advocacy of a ban on all Internet gaming (even non-sports betting such as poker). I fail to understand why their concerns over the honesty of their million-dollar players constitutes an “integrity issue” severe enough to necessitate restricting MY freedoms. Seems they should have enough resources to maintain their integrity without infringing on my liberty. It seems they forget that it’s the fans who make the league possible.

As a result of their work against my liberty, I’ll definitely watch less NFL football from now on. I’ll also be less likely to patronize sponsors who remain silent in the face of this affront to liberty. Will Anheuser-Busch support freedom, or will you support Prohibition 2.0?

Thanks for your consideration.

Sincerely,

TheEngineer

[Legislurker]

I like the idea of throwing in, I bought NFL Season TIcket last year, your recent [censored] actions have made me cancel my buy this year. Those profits go straight to them.

[YoureToast]

Wait a minute. I thought the IGREA permitted sports leagues to opt out. Why would the NFL push even harder against this?

What am I missing?

[CountingMyOuts]

[ QUOTE ]
Wait a minute. I thought the IGREA permitted sports leagues to opt out. Why would the NFL push even harder against this?

What am I missing?

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I don't get it, either. Perhaps it's a "scorched earth" move intended to stop any and all potential, no matter how small, that betting on NFL games will occur.

[75s]

I FING KNEW IT! NFL and other leagues were behind the UIGEA
Bastards! This is not fair competition. Instead of improving their product/embracing change they legislate out competition. I'll never pay for another NFL item in my life.

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

[img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] since when does the Christian Right need anybody's prompting to go after Barney Frank? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[gaming_mouse]

Can someone explain to me why they are doing this?

Is the NFL concerned that their own players are going to be sports betting and thus jeapordizing the integrity of the games? If so, I don't see how banning internet gambling is going to prevent NFL players from placing wagers.... If not, how does the law affect the NFL? That is, why should they care if fans are betting or not?

Thanks.