Interference – Dan Moldea (1)

And he was of interest to us because he shared ownership with some of our people [in the NFL]. There was the shopping center he had with Al Davis, but our people found out a lot about Glick after they bought it. He was just coming under FBI scrutiny. And you couldn’t just walk up to Al Davis and say, ‘You gotta sell this thing.’ “There were several other people involved, and they bailed out of it. We went to them and said that this guy [Glick] was bad news, and they severed their relationships with him.

Al Davis said, ‘As far as I know, this guy is a lawyer, and he’s my partner.’ Pete consulted with the league lawyers, and they said we couldn’t do anything. Later on, of course, it developed that Glick was a front man for the mob.” Although NFL coaches Chuck Knox, Don Shula, and John Ralston gave up their interests with Glick’s businesses, Davis refused to. As a consequence, he was investigated by the NFL, and his tax returns were mulled over by the IRS.

Reflecting on the Glick matter, a longtime supporter of Davis told me, “I’m not too hard on him for this. Davis appears to truly love professional football, and it is hard for me to believe that he would ever do anything that could jeopardize his ownership of the Raiders. Surely, he understood that his relationship with Glick could do just that.

His enemies in the NFL saw this as a means to run him right out of football.” Meantime, Lefty Rosenthal, who was still the director of Argent’s Nevada operations, was beating his chest around Las Vegas, boasting that he was the real decision maker behind Argent and that Glick was merely his moneyman. Such indiscreet comments prompted federal and state investigators to believe that Glick was indeed only a front man, wittingly or unwittingly, for Rosenthal, Spilotro, and/or the crime syndicate. And the Rand murder had only heightened their suspicions.

“One of Lefty’s biggest problems was that he loved the publicity,” Marty Kane, a top Rosenthal associate, told me. “That’s when he got into trouble. When the politicians came after him, instead of backing off, he challenged them.” Rosenthal’s reapplication for a casino license was rejected in January 1976. The commission cited his criminal record and underworld associations as the reasons for the denial. The panel also noted his 1960 nolo contendere plea in North Carolina for attempting to bribe a college basketball player during the NCAA tournament.

The chairman of the gaming commission, Peter Echeverria, said, “In my three-and-a-half-year tenure I have never found an applicant whose background was so repugnant. As far as suitability, Rosenthal would be at the bottom of the list.” Consequently, Rosenthal was finally released by Glick.

Also by Dan E. Moldea The Hoffa Wars: The Rise and Fall of Jimmy Hoffa The Hunting of Cain: A True Story of Money, Greed, and Fratricide Dark Victory: Ronald Reagan, MCA, and the Mob The Killing of Robert F. Kennedy: An Investigation of Motive, Means, and Opportunity Evidence Dismissed: The Inside Story of the Police Investigation of O.

J. Simpson A Washington Tragedy: How the Death of Vincent Foster Ignited a Political Firestorm Confessions of a Guerrilla Writer: Adventures in the Jungle of Crime, Politics, and Journalism OceanofPDF.com Interference How Organized Crime Influences Professional Football Dan E. Moldea With a New Afterword by the Author OceanofPDF.com To Mimi OceanofPDF.com Contents Introduction PROLOGUE: Dealing with Myths 1.

On Fixing Games and Inside Information 2. Getting Organized 3. The Old Days with the Old Gang 4. The Baugh Surveillance 5. The Big Fix 6. The Wire Services 7. Boss Colt 8. Growing Pains 9. Winning Some and Losing Some 10. A New Commissioner 11. Murchison, Modell, and Ford Buy In 12. The Gambling Scandal Erupts 13. The Party Bus 14. Rosenbloom in the Bahamas 15. Football and Hollywood 16. “The Quarterback” 17. Gil Beckley and the Layoff 18. Bill Hundley and NFL Security 19. Seven Arts, Bobby Baker, and Mary Carter 20.

The Kansas City Shuffle 21. The Outlaw Line 22. Broadway Joe 23. Lenny Dawson on the Brink 24. Restaurants and Hotels 25. The Heir Apparent 26. “Points of Contact” 27. Operation Anvil 28. Façades of Legitimacy 29. Foreshadowing a Drug Problem 30. The Bad, the Worse, and the Ugly 31. Davis’s Dilemma 32. Colonel Culverhouse and Major Realty 33. On the Principal Subjects List 34. The Quiet Man 35. More Players and Bookmakers 36. Car Dealers’ Bonanza 37.

The Bagman 38. Rosenbloom’s Fatal Swim 39. Cobra in a Sunbonnet 40. At War: Rosenthal and Spilotro 41. Appearances and Realities 42. Cranking Up the Drug Problem 43. The Frontline Controversy 44. The Double Standard 45. Gambling or Drugs? 46. The Computer Group 47. Oddsmaker 48. “I’m so fucking glad I’m out” 49. Trouble in Paradise 50. Rozelle Gets Tough on Players 51. Crime and Punishment 52. The Las Vegas and Outlaw Lines Today EPILOGUE: ON LEGALIZING SPORTS GAMBLING AFTERWORD NOTES TO AFTERWORD NOTES INDEX GLOSSARY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR OceanofPDF.com Among the types of conduct detrimental to the NFL and professional football that call for serious penalties are the following: 1.

Accepting a bribe or agreeing to throw or fix a game or to illegally influence its outcome. 2. Failing to promptly report any bribe offer or any attempt to throw or fix a game or to illegally influence its outcome. 3. Betting on any NFL game. 4.

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