4 Detroit Lions suspended for gambling violations

[MasterStrategist]

Just now, Warriorspikes51 said:

 

I'm not saying it should be tolerated....I'm saying they dish out harsher punishments for gambling than they do for crimes 

It's the integrity of the sport/NFL shield that they are protecting.  The rules are cut and dry.

 

Simple case that DV doesn't put the NFL, or the billions of gambling revenue that you referenced, at risk.  

 

Not difficult to understand, right or wrong

[Augie]

3 minutes ago, Beast said:

Seriously? You want to turn the NFL into something where players are throwing games?

 

They don’t even have to throw games. The mere possibility is enough to shake people’s confidence in what they are seeing. “Look at that! He dropped that on purpose!” That can’t be allowed, IMO. You can’t have that thought lurking just beneath the surface in our minds. 

 

BTW - what’s Tim Donaghy up to these days? 

[Lost]

2 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

I'm sure there's a legal reason, but I'd be interested to know why players can only bet on non-NFL games outside of their team facility.

 

Pretty sure gambling at work is a no no in any profession.  

[17islongenough]

I'm curious on why some are suspended for 6 games while the others are suspended for a year. 

 

 

[Chandler#81]

I’ve wondered how long this would take. 
Back in My Day, if you gamble, you’re gone. Alex Karras and Golden Boy Paul Hornung shook up the NFL landscape being suspended for a year for gambling. 
Now, with gaming organizations involved deeply in NFL marketing, this will likely jut be the tip of the iceberg..

 

[Captain Hindsight]

13 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

Honestly why does the NFL care about that so much when they don't care about women abusers? 

The league makes BILLIONS from Gambling.  Hypocrisy 

And imagine if it was discovered the games are fixed? 
 

They should be throwing the book at women abusers too, but this punishment is also justified 

[Chicken Boo]

11 minutes ago, Beast said:

Seriously? You want to turn the NFL into something where players are throwing games?

 

As opposed to the refs, you mean?  

 

Was it Walt Coleman, where the Patriots were 11-1 against the spread at one point?

[Warcodered]

Given we went from two years ago having one guy get in trouble for this to now three, I wonder if the NFL is going to want to consider making the punishment worse maybe not this time but next, can't think they're very happy that this happened again with more players so soon.

[HappyDays]

3 minutes ago, Lost said:

 

Pretty sure gambling at work is a no no in any profession.  

 

If I login to Fanduel on my phone in my company break room and place a bet, nobody cares.

[aristocrat]

They weren't even betting on nfl games? The only issue was it was done in the facility?  This seems a little ridiculous

[JohnBonhamRocks]

How dumb of a mistake to make and cost yourself hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars. 
 

Feel for all the dynasty FF managers who held on to Jameson all year and now gotta wait another 6 games. 

[Warcodered]

3 minutes ago, 17islongenough said:

I'm curious on why some are suspended for 6 games while the others are suspended for a year. 

 

 

It's in that first tweet at the top, 6 games was for gambling at facilities but not on NFL games, the year was for on NFL games.

[MasterStrategist]

4 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

If I login to Fanduel on my phone in my company break room and place a bet, nobody cares.

I'm guessing the optics and/or potentially implicating the NFL team/staff/others, is the reason they don't want any gambling on NFL team property.

 

Agree or disagree, the rule is pretty simple and players have been reminded constantly

[BADOLBILZ]

8 minutes ago, aristocrat said:

They weren't even betting on nfl games? The only issue was it was done in the facility?  This seems a little ridiculous

 

 

Even the players who weren't betting on NFL games in this instance know the rules VERY WELL.   Zero tolerance is zero tolerance.   People who can't abide to these simple rules.......knowing the very severe occupational punishment.......are high risk individuals to the league.   

[stevestojan]

You don’t have to agree that it should be against the rules. 
You don’t have to agree with the magnitude of the punishment. 
You only need to know what the consequences are. 
 

Let’s say my company had a ridiculous rule that if you wear purple socks, you get terminated. I’d argue there are bigger things to worry about) but if the place paying me said that, I would either 1) never wear purple, or 2) quit.
 

So unless they want to go be the next He Hate Me, STOP GAMBLING ON FOOTBALL YOU MORONS. 

Edited April 21, 2023 by stevestojan

[Chandler#81]

 

[Virgil]

10 minutes ago, Warcodered said:

It's in that first tweet at the top, 6 games was for gambling at facilities but not on NFL games, the year was for on NFL games.

 

They can't bet on ANYTHING?  

 

I didn't know that

[Simon Says]

31 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

Honestly why does the NFL care about that so much when they don't care about women abusers? 

The league makes BILLIONS from Gambling.  Hypocrisy 

Because gambling on football games affects their own business; I don't know of there are any CRIMINAL charges pending. 

"Abuse" cases ARE criminal cases and any NFL suspension would be in ADDITION to criminal penalties. 

That's the short explanation. 

Edited April 21, 2023 by Herb Nightly

[NewEra]

22 minutes ago, Lost said:

 

Pretty sure gambling at work is a no no in any profession.  

I place bets at work daily 

[Process]

Absolutely absurd. 6 games just because he did it at the facility. Ridiculous.