Report that ESPN's Adam Schefter and Patriots owner Robert Kraft are investors in a gambling company raises conflict-of-interest questions. https://t.co/AZ9WVBfO5o
Originally Posted by DJJasonp:
considering many of the franchises' ownership in the NFL come from massive gambling backgrounds - color me NOT surprised.
Originally Posted by Prison Bitch:
Still no link to this claim
read the book. Come to your own conclusion.
The book covers how the majority of the original NFL ownership came from mob/gambling backgrounds (including running bookies, horse-racing pari-mutual betting, etc. etc.).
Book was dry, but had a lot of history of the original owners' backgrounds prior to owning NFL franchises.
He's in business with the people he's supposed to be reporting on. But ESPN is a joke of a news network, and all the BS he did regarding Rogers and the Packers makes him lose credibility anyway. [Reply]
He's in business with the people he's supposed to be reporting on. But ESPN is a joke of a news network, and all the BS he did regarding Rogers and the Packers makes him lose credibility anyway. [Reply]
I can’t find any eveidence NFL owners were ever in the gambling business. Closest I could find here is Art Rooney won horse track money that helped him buy the Steelers. So I’d call this claim: bullshit
