NFL ‘had to come down hard’ on Calvin Ridley for gambling on games | Pro Football Talk | NBC Sports

Do you have an agenda? If not, why are you here? Is it because gambling is also your thing? Help me out. You apparently believe football has as much legitimacy as professional wrestling does.. So again why then are you here?

@David Montgomery And where is that integrity even more important … Oh yeah the stock market and look how much insider trading is done by just our elected officials. How can you hope to contain this, it is so easy to bypass any rules by the players or others to make their side profits.

Las Vegas is just a city you can gamble in Denver

Dealers can’t play at their own tables. There’s no hypocrisy in this. Player are allowed to gamble, just not on “their table” aka the NFL.

I agree 💯.

@Night_Wolf For me it’s the symbolism of Vegas and gambling when it was supposed to be such a taboo

Pete white too

Sure… but if it’s okay for players and coaches to do this, outcomes become guaranteed and the NFL becomes a complete sham. It’ll be no different that WWE and nobody watches “Sports” that have guaranteed outcomes.

Absolutely true. If Flores can prove his allegations against Ross true, Ross will almost certainly be forced out.

And Alex Karras, Paul Hornung, Art Schlicter, Pete Rose and on and on. I mean Rose got a lifetime ban, Jordan got a “3 year ban” retirement, Karras and the others got 1 year. I think one year is lenient. But the proxy betting has been going on forever it is not new. I worked at a Sports Book and there were bettors that we just gave a wink and nod to because we knew they were placing bets for others. I won’t name names even if I were called to trial so don’t ask.

Allegedly ask the Head Coach to tank for 100 grand a game!

And show nonstop draft kings ads

Basically. And that’s why the NFL has to stand strong on this. Once there’s legal incentive to throw games, we might as well start watching the USFL.

If you don’t think the majority of players aren’t already doing this, you are wrong. They just do it through a proxy. I worked in a Sports book and there were many bettors we knew were placing bets for other people. He just was stupid and get caught. This is not like fixing games. Not enough money can be made gambling for these players to risk throwing a game … The refs and some low level coaches and execs, though, that is a horse of a different color.

What’s the basis?

@B’alam K’inich He was being sarcastic.

He will have plenty of time to gamble now.

Then you might as well ban half the league all officials, many executives and owners and … Get the idea. I worked in a Sports book, we know this happens by proxy all the f’ing time.

@O-D-X you can’t let guys log on to fanduel and bet as Ridley did. If half of everyone is doing it, which they are not, then yes you would need to bann half of everyone. Everyone who you actually have proof, not conjecture, that they are gambling on the sport the league must get rid of them for good…the integrity of the outcome has to be protected aggressively.

@RamsnDodgersfan And as I said they do it through proxies. You won’t catch them and far more do it than you realize.

@O-D-X regardless of speculation about using proxies, which Rose used as well and they did catch him, when you catch someone betting you have to ban for life, period. Ridley actually got caught betting against his team, which is the ultimate concern. Also, the amount anyone can bet is small vs the wages guys make so very few will risk gambling.