New York Giants wide receiver Brandon Marshall was allowed to address the NFL’s annual meeting in Phoenix on Monday, and he touched on a variety of topics.
Most interesting, perhaps, was Marshall warning of the temptations of Las Vegas in light of the Oakland Raiders’ relocation announcement.
“It’s business, right? It’s the entertainment business,” Marshall said, via Kevin Seifert of ESPN. “They may not like me saying this, but Las Vegas is a beautiful place.
“A lot of times when you think about Las Vegas, you just think about the strip, right? But I just want to make sure that the players are protected. I think that it can be a tough place for a kid coming out of college, so that locker room has to be strong, because there is so much there. There is access to so much. It’s a strip, but it’s really big, and it can be overwhelming at times for young, immature players.”
The Raiders will move to Las Vegas within a year or three, and both their players and visiting opponents will have to navigate the city. Of course, it’s an open question whether Vegas is really that much more tempting and dangerous than, say, the nightlife offered in Miami or New York.
