Introduction: In 1946 two members of the New York Giants were found in association with gamblers, attempting to fix the NFL championship game. These members were suspended, and in 1947 the NFL introduced their own form of prevention, injury reporting (Merritt). Each week NFL coaches must list their injured players on the NFL Injury Report. Each player must be listed as "doubtful", "questionable" or "probable" to play that weekend. What many people don't know is that a large number of teams lie about these reports. Distorting the truth about their players' injuries gives that team an advantage. Whether coaches place healthy players on the list, injured players not on the list, or simply lie about the severity of the injury, it affects teams and fans. I addressed the problems with the NFL injury report and focused my research on the integrity of teams and their purpose in lying, how many lies are actually happening, and the connection between the injury report, the NFL, and the NFL game. 'I gamble. Topic: The NFL Injury Report was initially compiled to make player injury information available to the public. This was intended to discourage gamblers from approaching players for the sole purpose of obtaining inside information. This decision ultimately protected players from engaging in gambling, but it also added new problems. There are many inaccuracies found in the NFL injury report. By letting the public know which players are injured and where they are injured, opposing teams use this to their advantage. As expected, coaches will attempt to obscure the health of their players to ruin their opponents' game plan, while at the same time following the guidelines of the NFL's Injury Reporting Rules... middle of paper... .s', this sent Browns fans and gamblers into a frenzy. The Bears lost 24-0. That day the gamblers lost a large sum of money and caused a great uproar. Back then, teams only had to tell players around the league they knew in advance wouldn't be playing. “At the time, the league was tracking point spreads on games, and when there was a fluctuation, teams didn't want to be surprised,” said Don Weiss, then the league's head of public relations. “The Sayers episode gave then-Commissioner Pete Rozelle the opportunity to strengthen the rule, to use the Bears as an example” (Isaacson). After that, Bottom Line: The inaccuracies in the NFL injury report are numerous. Teams are gaining different types of advantages by lying on injury reports. However, the amount of lies that happen makes the injury report almost worthless for everything it was created for.