It was “taboo” for Jake Delhomme to talk about gambling when he was in the NFL. However, earlier this month, the now-retired, Louisiana-born quarterback found himself talking about just that before a legislative committee in his home state.
The type of gambling that Delhomme was there to lobby the Louisiana House of Representatives’ Commerce Committee for was fixed-odds betting on horse racing, a sport near and dear to the Delhomme family.
“I kind of laugh,” Delhomme told the committee. “It was taboo to talk about wagering in the NFL when we played. I mean, we couldn’t even speak about it. And now it’s kind of tied in with everything in the NFL, and that’s just kind of a huge revenue stream that they’ve tapped [into].”
