The state senator fighting the NFL, among others, to legalize sports betting in New Jersey, was not surprised in the least to see the NFL creeping toward bringing a franchise to America’s gambling capital, Las Vegas.
“The NFL hypocrisy has already been exposed,’’ State Sen. Raymond Lesniak told Sporting News on Thursday. “They’re the ones who started with one football game in (London’s) Wembley Stadium, and now they have four — and people are betting on the games right there in the stands.
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“They have half a franchise in London now.