The NFL has settled a lawsuit with a youth charity that sued after it was forced to move a charity event from a Nevada casino due to the league’s gambling policies.
According to USA Today, terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but it comes after the charity had asked a federal judge to compel NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to testify under oath about the league’s gambling policy.
Due to the settlement, a scheduled trial date was terminated. The NFL declined comment to the paper.
The charity, Strikes for Kids, sued the league for fraud and charged it had been misled by the league. The charity had scheduled an event at the Sunset Station hotel and casino in Nevada that was to feature appearances by about 25 NFL players. However, lawyers for the NFL then advised the charity that the event would violate the league’s gambling policy, which forbids players and personnel from making promotional appearances at casinos.
The charity then moved the event to a smaller venue, the Brooklyn Bowl that is on the Vegas strip, but not physically located in a casino.
The charity says it lost money and sponsors by moving to the smaller venue. Sunset Station has a 72-lane bowling alley while Brooklyn bowl is only a 16-lane facility. The charity wanted Goodell to answer why one casino-related facility was approved while another was denied.
A magistrate judge denied the charity’s request to force Goodell to testify, but the charity filed objections and appealed the ruling.
