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Chris Christie, a political figure turned failed sports talk show host, has some thoughts on the National Football League. More accurately, on how the league handles gambling.
“The hypocrisy is just so overwhelming,” Christie told Andrea Kremer of HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. “They say because we have the Giants and the Jets and the Devils that somehow we shouldn’t be allowed to have gambling here because somehow it will threaten the integrity of the game. Well, [are] you kidding? How isn’t it threatening the integrity of the game in Las Vegas for the NHL and the NFL? . . .
“I mean that’s why they no longer have moral high ground on this. They cannot make the integrity of the game argument anymore . . . because they have now gone to the sports gambling capital of America and put two of the four major sports now, having teams in that city. It’s over.”
“I think not only do they want a piece, but they want to determine the size of their piece,” Christie said. “And I think they think they have a much better chance to do that by negotiating just with Congress than they do with 49 other states.”
Listen, no matter how you feel about Chris Christie the person, hanger out at the beach guy, or political figure, he does make some solid points in regard to this topic. However, the messenger on these subjects are often important. I am not 100 percent sure Chris Christie is the guy to call anyone or anything a hypocrite.
Then again, what do I know?
