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Many of the same sports fans who watch the pigskin get thrown around on Sundays are also more than willing to watch a Texas Hold em' poker tournament and feel like they are actually in the action as well. People who study demographics of sports fans and televisions viewers may be very likely to tell you that there is a definite nfl poker demographic out there. When someone like Doug Flutie for the Buffalo Bills or San Diego Chargers would throw a hail mary pass into the endzone it was similar to the gambling that you see when people are playing cards. So in a sense I guess you really could call it nfl poker.

Many Vegas enthusiasts would tell you that the World Series of Poker and other poker related events are becoming more and more wildly popular with every passing year. They are probably not surpassing the popularity of most competitive NFL games, but poker event planners and television networks are certainly making progress. Maybe this year CBS could broadcast the Lions and the Cowboys in some nfl poker tournament after the football games themselves are done on Thanksgiving, as means to see just how well nfl poker could do in the ratings.

I'm sure there are plenty of football stars who play poker with their teammates before a big game. This means that there are likely friendly games of nfl poker going on in the lockeroom. Hopefully the nfl poker games would not get so competitive that the football players would lose focus on what pays the bills by focusing too much upon nfl poker. Of course gambling is prohibited by the National Football League, but a little code of honor and silence within the lockeroom is likely not to let word get out that there may be some nfl poker going on in behind the scenes. Maybe nfl poker will catch on so much that pro football players will just want to retire and play nfl poker with their former teammates. nfl poker could be the next big thing, a wave of the future.