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Ex-NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue Worries Legal Gambling Could Lead to Point Shaving

Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue is concerned the league's association with legalized gambling could adversely impact the integrity of the game moving forward.

In an interview with Jarrett Bell of USA Today, Tagliabue expressed uneasiness regarding the possibility of point shaving in NFL games:

"I worry about that. It's interesting to me. The thing that always made me too hesitant to draw too many conclusions was that there were a lot of scandals [over the years], but they were always in basketball, where the idea is that if you get to one or two players, you can affect the outcome.