Always take the over. On Friday morning, the NFL introduced the suspension of 5 gamers for playing coverage violations. Quintez Cephus, C.J. Moore, Stanley Berryhill, and Jameson Williams of the Detroit Lions, and Shaka Toney of the Washington Commanders apparently all ignored how Calvin Ridley missed all of final season as a consequence of playing on soccer.
Cephus, Moore, and Shaka are suspended for not less than all of this upcoming season and may petition for reinstatement when the season is over. They will greater than probably be reinstated, provided that Ridley’s suspension set a precedent. Berryhill and Williams are out for the primary six common season video games and may take part in all offseason and preseason actions, together with preseason video games. They gained’t be “suspended” till after the ultimate roster cuts.
The league’s playing coverage prohibits anybody within the NFL from “engaging in any form of gambling in any club or league facility or venue, including the practice facility.” However, that wasn’t the case in 2017.
“We are not changing our position as it relates to legalized sports gambling,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell as soon as informed Peter King of MMQB. “We still don’t think it is a positive thing.”
What the NFL mentioned in 2017 about playing
That yr — 2017 — was additionally the identical yr that the league launched an announcement saying this:
“As it was for my predecessors, there is no greater priority for me as the Commissioner of the National Football League than protecting the integrity of our sport. Our fans, our players and our coaches deserve to know that we are doing everything possible to ensure no improper influences affect how the game is played on the field. Last week’s ruling by the Supreme Court has no effect on that unwavering commitment.
We have spent considerable time planning for the potential of broadly legalized sports gambling and are prepared to address these changes in a thoughtful and comprehensive way, including substantial education and compliance trainings for our clubs, players, employees and partners. These efforts include supporting commonsense legislation that protects our players, coaches and fans and maintains public confidence in our games. We are asking Congress to enact core standards for states that choose to legalize sports betting that include, at a minimum, four core principles:
1. There must be substantial consumer protections;
2. Sports leagues can protect our content and intellectual property from those who attempt to steal or misuse it;
3. Fans will have access to official, reliable league data; and
4. Law enforcement will have the resources, monitoring and enforcement tools necessary to protect our fans and penalize bad actors here at home and abroad.”
By 2021, the league had introduced Caesars, DraftKings, and FanDuel as a few of its official sports-betting companions.