Comments by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in 2017 about gambling have resurfaced, and they certainly haven’t aged well.

Earlier this week, the NFL and ESPN announced a giant agreement , with the Worldwide Leader in Sports acquiring the NFL Network, NFL Fantasy and NFL RedZone. In return, the NFL will get a 10-percent equity stake in ESPN.

Sports reporter Joon Lee pointed out something fascinating about this deal that contradicts old comments from Roger Goodell. ESPN has its own sportsbook, so the NFL will make considerable money from sports betting.

And that means Goodell’s 2017 comments about gambling have aged like milk:

“We still strongly oppose legalized sports gambling. The integrity of our game is No. 1. We will not compromise on that.”

And as NFL aggregator Dov Kleiman

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