{"id":48985,"date":"2021-09-06T18:17:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T15:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=48985"},"modified":"2025-09-02T10:20:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T07:20:37","slug":"nfl-bars-teams-from-advertising-cryptocurrencies-and-selling-nfts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/nfl-bars-teams-from-advertising-cryptocurrencies-and-selling-nfts\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL bars teams from advertising cryptocurrencies and selling NFTs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Football League (NFL) has banned teams from advertising cryptocurrencies and <span data-descr=\"\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0432\u0438\u0447\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0440\u0430\u0437\u043c\u0435\u0449\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043c\u043e\u043d\u0435\u0442\" class=\"old_tooltip\">ICO<\/span>, selling <span data-descr=\"\u043d\u0435\u0432\u0437\u0430\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0437\u0430\u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f\u0435\u043c\u044b\u0435 \u0442\u043e\u043a\u0435\u043d\u044b\" class=\"old_tooltip\">NFT<\/span>, and also entering into contracts with Bitcoin exchanges. <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/news\/nfl-to-teams-no-cryptocurrency-nft-deals-for-now-as-league-eyes-digital-market\/b7nvKUIXbDSf\">The Athletic<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>According to the publication, the NFL plans to develop its own rules for teams&#8217; interactions with crypto industry companies.<\/p>\n<p>Teams were also prohibited from entering into advertising contracts and promoting any goods and services related to blockchain and digital assets, the source said.<\/p>\n<p>In April, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/american-football-player-to-be-paid-his-entire-salary-in-bitcoin\">it became known<\/a>, that Kansas City Chiefs player Sean Culkin would be the first in the NFL to receive his 2021 salary of $920,000 in Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>Back in June, NFL star Tom Brady <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/nfl-star-tom-brady-becomes-investor-and-ambassador-of-the-crypto-exchange-ftx\">became an investor and ambassador<\/a> of the cryptocurrency-derivatives exchange FTX.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, for 19 years <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ftx-to-secure-naming-rights-for-the-miami-heat-arena\">renamed<\/a> the Miami Heat&#8217;s arena to FTX Arena, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ftx-signs-five-year-deal-with-major-league-baseball\">entered into<\/a> a five-year deal with Major League Baseball and <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ftx-signs-seven-year-sponsorship-deal-with-riot-games\">signed<\/a> a seven-year contract with the creator of League of Legends.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news on our <a href=\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"\u201c_blank\u201d\" rel=\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, rates and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Football League (NFL) has banned teams from advertising cryptocurrencies and ICOs, selling NFTs, and entering into contracts with Bitcoin exchanges. The Athletic reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1412,828,26],"class_list":["post-48985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bans-and-restrictions","tag-sports","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"12","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48987,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48985\/revisions\/48987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}