The NFL may have sanctioned the Raiders’ move to Las vegas, nevada but that doesn’t mean it’s happy for its players to hold out in gambling enterprises, even for arm-wrestling competitions.
LA Rams’ Jamon Brown squares off against Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Howard Jones at the Pro Football Arm Wrestling Championship at the MGM Grand but are they about to get strong-armed by the NFL for engaging in casino activities that are promotional?
Over 30 players, including Maurkice Pouncey, Mychal Kendricks, Navarro Bowman, Kenny Stills, and Marquette King, could find themselves in hot water for competing in the inaugural ‘Pro Football Arm Wrestling Championship’ at the MGM Grand over the weekend.
The event ended up being co-hosted by Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison and former running right back Marshawn Lynch, a made-for-TV deal that is defined to be broadcast on CBS on May 27 28.
But in accordance with NFL policy, players are not permitted to ‘promote casino activities,’ which includes casinos that are attending part of promotional events, unless they seek pre-approval, which, according to the NFL, is exactly what everyone apparently forgot to do.
‘Had we been asked ahead of time if this had been acceptable, we might have indicated that it was in direct breach of this gambling policy,’ Joe Lockhart, the NFL’s VP for communications and affairs that are public told USA TODAY Sports. ‘No one sought pre-a Continuer la lecture de « NFL Flexes Muscles Over Players’ Supply Wrestling Contest at MGM Grand »