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NFL broadcasts are increasingly promoting [[gambling]] in the form of "[[fantasy football]]," which has grown from only 12 million participants a decade ago to an estimated 56 million, mostly men, today. All but 4 NFL teams have deals with fantasy football.  In addition, the NFL advances the [[homosexual agenda]], such as with its halftime shows at the [[Super Bowl]].  Gambling on the Super Bowl topped $4.7 billion (not million) in 2018.<ref>http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2018/01/30/super-bowl-betting-total-to-top-4-7b-with-97-bet-illegally.html</ref>  [[Timothy McVeigh]] lost his life savings by [[gambling]] on his hometown Buffalo team in the 1993 [[Super Bowl]], and in his despair turned his obsession to the [[Branch Davidians|Branch Davidian]] standoff, according to ''Politico.com''.<ref>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/09/02/how-football-fed-timothy-mcveighs-despair-219625</ref>

NFL broadcasts are increasingly promoting [[gambling]] in the form of "[[fantasy football]]," which has grown from only 12 million participants a decade ago to an estimated 56 million, mostly men, today. All but 4 NFL teams have deals with fantasy football.  In addition, the NFL advances the [[homosexual agenda]], such as with its halftime shows at the [[Super Bowl]].  Gambling on the Super Bowl topped $4.7 billion (not million) in 2018.<ref>http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2018/01/30/super-bowl-betting-total-to-top-4-7b-with-97-bet-illegally.html</ref>  [[Timothy McVeigh]] lost his life savings by [[gambling]] on his hometown Buffalo team in the 1993 [[Super Bowl]], and in his despair turned his obsession to the [[Branch Davidians|Branch Davidian]] standoff, according to ''Politico.com''.<ref>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/09/02/how-football-fed-timothy-mcveighs-despair-219625</ref>

'''''If the NFL does not want [[Christians]] who quote the [[Bible]], then Christians should not want the NFL'''''.  There are many alternatives for sports fans, including high school and college football, golf, NASCAR, wrestling, baseball, basketball and, outside the [[U.S.]], [[soccer]], [[tennis]], [[rugby]], [[ice hockey]] and cricket.  There is also the option of spending less time watching televised sports, and spending that time more productively instead such as reading or studying mathematics, science, literature, religion, foreign languages, and/or history.

'''''If the NFL does not want [[Christians]] who quote the [[Bible]], then Christians should not want the NFL'''''.  There are many alternatives for sports fans, including the Winter and Summer Olympics, golf, NASCAR, wrestling, baseball, basketball and, outside the [[U.S.]], [[soccer]], [[tennis]], [[rugby]], [[ice hockey]] and cricket.  There is also the option of spending less time watching televised sports, and spending that time more productively instead such as reading or studying mathematics, science, literature, religion, foreign languages, and/or history.

Much of the appeal of the NFL is the illusion that it is merit-based, like the Olympics, and has the best players.  But the exclusion of Tim Tebow proves that the NFL is not really based on merit, but on [[political correctness]].

Much of the appeal of the NFL is the illusion that it is merit-based, like the Olympics, and has the best players.  But the exclusion of Tim Tebow proves that the NFL is not really based on merit, but on [[political correctness]].