美国国家足球联盟球队与博彩经营商签订广告协议

　　长期以来，NFL（美国国家足球联盟）在公众面前已经树立了一个声称与博彩公司没有任何关系的形象。这周，联盟宣布球队可以接受当地赌场的广告业务了，这表明联盟逐渐转变了远离博彩的立场。

　　博彩业在全美已经遍地开花了，NFL和它的球队错过的来自赌场的广告收入是十分可观的， 此次NEL与博彩业达成的协议包括允许赌场在球队、体育场的广告牌以及电视和广播等方面做广告。

　　博彩分析师布拉德·道金斯说“这表明NFL正在缓和对博彩业的强硬立场，每次联盟像这样开始行动都会让更多的投机冒险加入其中，这明白无误的进一步接近允许博彩业就他们的赛事结果进行赌博”

　　就在球迷们认为距离在NFL博彩可能不远的时候，却并没有迹象表明联盟方面什么时候会允许就NEL赛事进行赌博，过去几年里，NFL官方对每周数百万美元的赌注押在他们的赛事结果上一直视而不见。

　　NFL发言人布莱恩·麦卡锡说“我们还是坚持反对在NFL赛事发展博彩，接受有条件的广告和就我们的赛事结果进行赌博是有区别的”

　　联盟已经就广告政策提出了严格的规定：球员、教练和球队官方人员将不被允许出现在那些付款在体育场广告牌和电视广播转播中做广告的赌场里，另外， NFL的雇员不得出现在这些广告中。

　　新泽西州的赌场刚刚从选民那里赢得了进行体育博彩的权利，立法者正在起草关于规范管理体育彩票的法律，规定是在周四提出的。不过法案会禁止那些大西洋城的赌场发布他们将来关于NEL体育彩票的广告，一些经营体育博彩的赌场因为广告规定的改变而将被屏蔽。

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　　NFL Approves Team Advertising Deals With Gambling Outlets

　　The NFL has had a long-standing image that they portrayed to the public regarding gambling, claiming to be against any relationship between itself and gambling companies. This week, the league further distanced themselves from that stance when they announced that teams will now be permitted to accept advertising from local casinos.

　　The casino gambling industry has become prominent throughout the US, and the advertising dollars that come with the casinos appears to be too great for the NFL and its teams to pass up. The deal that the NFL agreed to allows casinos to advertise in team programs, in the upper deck at stadiums, and also on television and radio broadcasts.

　　"This is a further indication that the NFL is softening its stance relating to gambling," said Gaming Analyst Brad Dawkins. "Each time the league makes a move like this to let more gambling be part of the game, they move one step closer to realizing the billion dollar industry that is gambling on their sport."

　　While fans may consider this to be a move towards allowing bets on the NFL, the league itself has given no indication that their stance on betting on their own games will ever be permitted. Throughout the years, NFL officials have turned a blind eye towards the millions of dollars that is wagered on its product every weekend.

　　"We remain steadfast in our opposition to the proliferation of gambling on NFL games," said NFL Spokesman Brian McCarthy. "There is a distinction between accepting advertising in a limited fashion and gambling on the outcome of our games."

　　The league has come up with strict regulations regarding the advertising policy. Players, coaches, and team officials will not be authorized to make appearances at the casinos that pay for advertising in stadiums or on team game telecasts. In addition, no person representing or employed by the NFL can appear in any of the advertisements.

　　New Jersey casinos have recently won the right from voters to allow sports betting, and legislators are crafting laws to regulate sports books in New Jersey. The rules laid out Thursday, however, will forbid any of the AC casinos from advertising their future sports books with the NFL teams. Any casino that has a sports book is blocked from being part of the advertising rule changes.