Soon You Can Bet On Texans, Cowboys

[HPF Bob]

..sort of:

CARROLLTON, Texas (AP)—The Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans are close to announcing plans for instant-win games through the Texas Lottery.

After Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Thursday that an announcement would be “coming pretty soon,” a spokesman for the Texas Lottery Commission said negotiations are being finalized for separate games featuring each of the state’s NFL teams.

The NFL cleared the way for teams to have licensing agreements with their state-sponsored lotteries during team owners meetings in May. The New England Patriots and Washington Redskins already have announced their deals.

“We’re real excited to be working with two such great organizations in the state of Texas,” said Bobby Heith, director of media relations for the Texas Lottery Commission. “Until those negotiations are complete there’s not more we can say.”

Gary Grief, the Texas Lottery Commission’s executive director, mentioned the NFL team negotiations Thursday during the commission’s monthly, all-staff meeting.

more... (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-lottery-texasteams&prov=ap&type=lgns)

[HPF Bob]

So, NFL teams, who play mostly in publicly-financed facilities and dole out multi-million dollar contracts are now so money-hungry that they are selling themselves out to state-run lotteries and corporate logos on jersies.

Eventually, these folks are going to make NASCAR drivers look pure.