The National Football League is the most popular sport in North America, and it isn’t even close. In the Roger Goodell era as commissioner of the league, the earnings the league has made have been substantial.
New TV deals with major players in the market, agreements with many different sponsors and giving the owners what they want, money, has been Goodell’s modus operandi. However, Goodell’s tenure has also been riddle with hypocrisy at every turn.
I could mention the league backing off its substance abuse policy, a policy which ended careers of talented players like Martavis Bryant, but for today’s exercise I’m going to be talking about the league’s stance on gambling.