Calvin Ridley bet on NFL games. Suspended at least one year.

[remydat]

As long as they have his rights it reflects on the league unless he retired. He signed a contract with dates and stipulations \. until that's void, it is what it is. He's not day labor. Should he be allowed to take a leave of absence from the team for a a few rounds of steroid enhancement as long as he's not getting paid for the day to day? This is what happened to be caught and could be all he did or the tip of the iceberg and just because he wasn't an active member doesn't mean he couldn't get updates from mates.

Like I said, I hope this was as minor as it sounds, the league takes it into account and he gets it reduced to 1/2 year or less but I understand.

The league already investigated and said he had no inside information.

Steroids would affect his play when he returns. Gambling doed not.

If he had said he was retiring but then unretired, do you think he should still be punished?

 

[Bearly]

The league already investigated and said he had no inside information.

Steroids would affect his play when he returns. Gambling doed not.

If he had said he was retiring but then unretired, do you think he should still be punished?

You shouldn't argue both theory and results. They're opposite sides of a ledger. I haven't been keeping up with the particulars but we can agree that he was an idiot and hope he gets his sentence reduced.

 

[Rob219_CBMB]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1500939522632302594

only 1,500.00??? I'm fucking confused. If anything, wouldn't this be even more sketchy?

 

[Alterego]

only 1,500.00??? I'm fucking confused. If anything, wouldn't this be even more sketchy?

It's all relative imho, 1.5k to Ridley is probably like 20 bucks to me. When I first read that though I saw $1500 and said, "DAMN, who has that for spare change?"

 

[Bearly]

yea i get that it was against the rules, but I just think it's stupid. You got an owner telling his coach to tank games and nothing has happened to him, and then you suspend ridley for betting on games when he was away from football? I think it's dumb. Pretty sure the ref who officiated the Bears Steelers game probably also betting on games. At the end of the day, it's a rule and it has always been a full season suspension, but it's still dumb

2 wrongs don't make it right and you're wrong anyway.

NFL investigation into Miami Dolphins' Stephen Ross could reportedly end in his removal

An NFL investigation into tanking allegations against Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross could reportedly end in his removal.

sportsnaut.com

 

[mattb78]

The league already investigated and said he had no inside information.

They aren't the police. They likely didn't inspect his phone forensically. He could also easily have had a burner phone. A few texts to some ex-teammates is all it takes for insider gambling.

And that's the problem. You can't have any player involved with the league gambling, because it just raises suspicion about the integrity of the game.

It is one of those penalties that looks severe at first, but it also meant to deter other players from even dabbling in gambling.