J.J. Watt Reacts To Being Kicked Out Of Vegas Hotel Gym Early. Does He Make A Good Case?

J.J. Watt isn't too happy with the gym rules at his Las Vegas hotel.

The former NFL star is in Las Vegas for the Super Bowl, and apparently found out that gyms in resorts don't stay open very late.

Specifically, his hotel - identified as Encore by Las Vegas Locally - closed its gym on him at 7:00 p.m., and the former NFL DE wasn't overly impressed.

"I mean, 7:00? Am I wrong? Am I crazy? Because I walked out of that gym going, 'Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I'm the idiot here.' But I feel like that's a little early to be closing down your hotel gym," Watt explained in a now-viral video seen more than two million times.

You can watch him break down the situation below, and send me your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.

Does J.J. Watt have a good point?

As a Vegas fan and by far and away the most experienced Vegas veteran at OutKick, I will issue a final ruling on this situation. J.J. Watt is NOT in the wrong with his assessment.

Closing a hotel gym at 7:00 p.m. in Las Vegas is absolutely insane. That makes no sense, but it's not about making sense. The hotel isn't closing its gym at 7:00 for any reason other than they want people to be spending money.

Everything in Vegas is about taking money out of your pocket and putting it into gambling machines, laying it on the tables, spending it on food, buying drinks or seeing a show.

You can't do any of that if you're busy getting a pump in at the gym. Casinos want people out and about with the money flowing.

They don't want people in the gym. It's truly that simple, whether the resorts will admit it or not.

So, yes, J.J. Watt is absolutely correct when he says it's crazy to close the gym that early. He's lucky he didn't stay somewhere with a gym that closes even earlier. I looked up the gym at The Linq, and it closes at five. Just comically dumb. Let me know if you agree at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.