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Tony Romo crushes 'immature' NFL for canceling Vegas Fantasy event
By Will Brinson | NFL Writer
Tony Romo can't be happy about his canceled Fantasy football convention. (USTASI)
Over the weekend Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo announced the NFL canceled his fantasy football event in Las Vegas, a very "disappointing" move in his eyes.
Tuesday Romo continued to talk about the event, speaking with 105.3 the Fan in Dallas and lamenting a loss of a "great opportunity" for fans to meet their favorite players.
"It's a disappointing week or so because we thought we put something together that was a great opportunity for fans to meet up with the players of the National Football League. Obviously the NFL didn't feel that way," Romo said. "We thought we were in the right and we took some steps to ensure the convention would be a resounding success and in the process we didn't realize the NFL had trouble with the venue and some other things that they eventually came up with. When we looked at it, they had plenty of opportunity back in March and April to do these same things.
"We're just disappointed for a lot of the fans and people who got tickets, got hotels booked and had their hard-earned money used for this event."
There were a host of big-name players involved in the convention, including Rob Gronkowski, Antonio Brown, Le'Veon Bell, Jamaal Charles, DeMarco Murray and Eddie Lacy.
The event was initially slated for July 10-12 in Las Vegas at a casino-related property in the Sands Expo. Players were allegedly contacted and told they would be fined or even suspended for attending, something a league spokesperson denied.
Romo called the league's decision to wait until the last moment to cancel "very troublesome" and questioned the league to keep its own employees from participating.
"Waiting until this point was what was very troublesome. The NFL ended up outlawing each one of their employees this week from the event," Romo said. "Some of them were going to be basically headlining or basically the host of certain parts of it. Obviously the NFL changed their stance just recently. It's hard not to think that as the convention got bigger ... that that didn't concern them a little bit. Obviously they took a stance and they took steps to ensure it didn't [happen]."
His biggest concern is the lack of communication from the NFL, would "could've called me ... at any point." Romo says he and the NFFC would've "changed venues" had they known. (The convention is now moving to July 16 in Los Angeles.)
"That's also what makes it difficult to process. At any point the NFL could've called me. Or the head of the NFFC, who organized the event," We would've changed venues a long time ago if we thought it was a problem. It makes me think they didn't want the event to be a success. That was really what it ends up feeling like. They wanted to wait until it got close enough and tell all the players they would get suspended or fined. That way no one attends and the event just fails."
So all of this goes down early Tuesday, with Romo questioning the league openly. On Tuesday afternoon, the NFL tweeted a now-deleted tweet, captured by 105.3's Twitter account, simply saying "Hi, Tony."
Romo, who cited the Detroit Lions partnership with MGM Grand in his comments on 105.3, has yet to respond to the NFL via Twitter. But if he does and it's anything like the rest of his tweets, it should be a pretty sick burn.
http://mmqb.si.com/2015/06/11/nfl-young-players-retirement-problem/
A quick note on the NFL shutting down participation by Tony Romo and other players in a fantasy football convention in Las Vegas…
The league’s problem with Romo and the other players was not the association with fantasy football, but rather a casino. I get it: gambling strikes at the heart of integrity and can potentially influence the product. No one wants that. However, the NFL embraces fantasy football on several levels—including its media platforms—and has no problem with point spreads being part of the conversation. The time is coming for the NFL to adjust its thinking toward gambling.
The NFL notes its longstanding policy that former players may associate with a casino, but current ones cannot. That restriction, however, doesn’t apply to teams. As I know from my time with the Packers, the team spends the night before home games at a hotel adjoining the Oneida Casino (Oneida Nation is a Gate Sponsor at Lambeau Field). The Saints are spending part of their second consecutive training camp— now joined by the Patriots for part of the time—at the luxurious Greenbrier Resort, home to a bustling casino. And yesterday, the Lions announced a new partnership with MGM.
The fact that ownership can do business with casinos and players cannot participate in events held at casinos seems antiquated. As NBA commissioner Adam Silver has done, perhaps it is time for a more enlightened look at the issue.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...ot-to-participate-in-casino-poker-tournament/
League tells three Dolphins not to participate in casino poker tournament
Posted by Darin Gantt on June 11, 2015
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What hath Tony Romo wrought?
Ever since the NFL put the clamps on the Cowboys quarterback’s fantasy football convention, the league seems to be on the warpath for any casino-related activities.
According to Nick Sortal of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, the league told three Dolphins players they couldn’t participate in a poker tournament at a Coconut Creek casino.
Uber-driver A.J. Francis, Jason Fox and Jordan Cameron were scheduled to be celebrity “bounties” in the tournament, used as targets for other players to eliminate in the tournament. The tournament has been held monthly, hosted by local sports talk host Andy Slater. Other Dolphins players have participated in the past, going back to wideout Davone Bess in 2013.
But the league sent Slater and the players an e-mail that said the players could no longer take part, as part of the league’s blanket condemnation of anything casino-related lately.
“The NFL is just doing this [with the Dolphins] as a precaution,” Slater said. “It’s an absolute joke. “The NFL is built on gambling. This is the players’ time off, and they hang out with fans at a legal gambling event at a legit casino.”
The league’s policy states that players are free to gamble, but can’t be used to promote casinos in any way, and they’re apparently looking at everything more closely now.
Tony Romo crushes 'immature' NFL for canceling Vegas Fantasy event
By Will Brinson | NFL Writer
Tony Romo can't be happy about his canceled Fantasy football convention. (USTASI)
Over the weekend Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo announced the NFL canceled his fantasy football event in Las Vegas, a very "disappointing" move in his eyes.
Tuesday Romo continued to talk about the event, speaking with 105.3 the Fan in Dallas and lamenting a loss of a "great opportunity" for fans to meet their favorite players.
"It's a disappointing week or so because we thought we put something together that was a great opportunity for fans to meet up with the players of the National Football League. Obviously the NFL didn't feel that way," Romo said. "We thought we were in the right and we took some steps to ensure the convention would be a resounding success and in the process we didn't realize the NFL had trouble with the venue and some other things that they eventually came up with. When we looked at it, they had plenty of opportunity back in March and April to do these same things.
"We're just disappointed for a lot of the fans and people who got tickets, got hotels booked and had their hard-earned money used for this event."
There were a host of big-name players involved in the convention, including Rob Gronkowski, Antonio Brown, Le'Veon Bell, Jamaal Charles, DeMarco Murray and Eddie Lacy.
The event was initially slated for July 10-12 in Las Vegas at a casino-related property in the Sands Expo. Players were allegedly contacted and told they would be fined or even suspended for attending, something a league spokesperson denied.
Romo called the league's decision to wait until the last moment to cancel "very troublesome" and questioned the league to keep its own employees from participating.
"Waiting until this point was what was very troublesome. The NFL ended up outlawing each one of their employees this week from the event," Romo said. "Some of them were going to be basically headlining or basically the host of certain parts of it. Obviously the NFL changed their stance just recently. It's hard not to think that as the convention got bigger ... that that didn't concern them a little bit. Obviously they took a stance and they took steps to ensure it didn't [happen]."
His biggest concern is the lack of communication from the NFL, would "could've called me ... at any point." Romo says he and the NFFC would've "changed venues" had they known. (The convention is now moving to July 16 in Los Angeles.)
"That's also what makes it difficult to process. At any point the NFL could've called me. Or the head of the NFFC, who organized the event," We would've changed venues a long time ago if we thought it was a problem. It makes me think they didn't want the event to be a success. That was really what it ends up feeling like. They wanted to wait until it got close enough and tell all the players they would get suspended or fined. That way no one attends and the event just fails."
So all of this goes down early Tuesday, with Romo questioning the league openly. On Tuesday afternoon, the NFL tweeted a now-deleted tweet, captured by 105.3's Twitter account, simply saying "Hi, Tony."
Romo, who cited the Detroit Lions partnership with MGM Grand in his comments on 105.3, has yet to respond to the NFL via Twitter. But if he does and it's anything like the rest of his tweets, it should be a pretty sick burn.
http://mmqb.si.com/2015/06/11/nfl-young-players-retirement-problem/
A quick note on the NFL shutting down participation by Tony Romo and other players in a fantasy football convention in Las Vegas…
The league’s problem with Romo and the other players was not the association with fantasy football, but rather a casino. I get it: gambling strikes at the heart of integrity and can potentially influence the product. No one wants that. However, the NFL embraces fantasy football on several levels—including its media platforms—and has no problem with point spreads being part of the conversation. The time is coming for the NFL to adjust its thinking toward gambling.
The NFL notes its longstanding policy that former players may associate with a casino, but current ones cannot. That restriction, however, doesn’t apply to teams. As I know from my time with the Packers, the team spends the night before home games at a hotel adjoining the Oneida Casino (Oneida Nation is a Gate Sponsor at Lambeau Field). The Saints are spending part of their second consecutive training camp— now joined by the Patriots for part of the time—at the luxurious Greenbrier Resort, home to a bustling casino. And yesterday, the Lions announced a new partnership with MGM.
The fact that ownership can do business with casinos and players cannot participate in events held at casinos seems antiquated. As NBA commissioner Adam Silver has done, perhaps it is time for a more enlightened look at the issue.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...ot-to-participate-in-casino-poker-tournament/
League tells three Dolphins not to participate in casino poker tournament
Posted by Darin Gantt on June 11, 2015
What hath Tony Romo wrought?
Ever since the NFL put the clamps on the Cowboys quarterback’s fantasy football convention, the league seems to be on the warpath for any casino-related activities.
According to Nick Sortal of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, the league told three Dolphins players they couldn’t participate in a poker tournament at a Coconut Creek casino.
Uber-driver A.J. Francis, Jason Fox and Jordan Cameron were scheduled to be celebrity “bounties” in the tournament, used as targets for other players to eliminate in the tournament. The tournament has been held monthly, hosted by local sports talk host Andy Slater. Other Dolphins players have participated in the past, going back to wideout Davone Bess in 2013.
But the league sent Slater and the players an e-mail that said the players could no longer take part, as part of the league’s blanket condemnation of anything casino-related lately.
“The NFL is just doing this [with the Dolphins] as a precaution,” Slater said. “It’s an absolute joke. “The NFL is built on gambling. This is the players’ time off, and they hang out with fans at a legal gambling event at a legit casino.”
The league’s policy states that players are free to gamble, but can’t be used to promote casinos in any way, and they’re apparently looking at everything more closely now.
