NFL Helped Push Anti Poker Law

Not many fans of fantasy football may be aware of this, but it appears that the NFL were at least partially responsible for the momentum that lead to the passing of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act that passed in October of 2006. The NFL hired lobbyist Marty Gold, who was a former counsel to UIGEA proponent Bill Frist, to help push through the UIGEA - which not continentally exempts fantasy football from its rulings. The NFL runs its own fantasy football site and gets royalties from others, and so stood to benefit by a law that cut back on other forms of gambling but legitimized fantasy football.