Rob Gronkowski hosted a party cruise over the weekend that was everything you would have expected and more. What might come as a surprise, however, is that the event has already been named in a lawsuit against the NFL.
The National Fantasy Football Convention filed an amendment to its lawsuit against the NFL on Monday, pointing out the hypocrisy associated with the league allowing Gronk to host his cruise on a ship with an on-board casino.
“NFL player Rob Gronkowski hosted a party cruise from Miami to the Bahamas on February 19-22, 2016. The four-day party took place on Norwegian Cruise Line, where Gronkowski’s fans and attendees can take full advantage of Norweigan’s famed ‘Casinos at Sea.’ Photos from the booze-cruise show fans gambling at the on-board casino,” the amendment read, per Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk. “The NFL specifically knew about the party cruise and its ties to gambling for more than seven months leading up to the event; yet the NFL took no action to either discipline Rob Gronkowski or prevent the event from taking place.”
The issue for the NFFC is that the NFL shut down its Las Vegas event last year when the league reiterated that events cannot be hosted in association with casinos. Tony Romo was hosting the event, and he made it clear he was upset with the way the NFL handled things.
Shortly after that, the NFL also forced three players to back out of a poker tournament.
While these photos and videos will show you that gambling was hardly the focus of Gronk’s cruise, the NFL has gone to great lengths in the past to make sure it is not loosely associated with gambling. You can fully understand why the NFFC believes the league’s lack of interest in Gronkowski’s event helps the their case.
