There were days not long ago when the National Football League feared its players even paying a visit to Las Vegas.
And they weren’t alone. The mere thought of Sin City intersecting with operations of any major sports league sent the billable hours of their public-relations machines spiraling out of control.
Not any more.
The announcement the Oakland Raiders will move to Las Vegas in two years looks to be a major step in eliminating the barriers between pro sports and gambling that have existed nearly a century since baseball’s “Black Sox” scandal of 1919.
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