OT calvin ridley suspended for year

[PatsWSB47]

It's Ridley's responsibility but it's kind of hypocritical for the NFL to be so sanctimonious with their heavy hand while at the same time having agreements with major sports books and embracing sports betting.

 

[Pape]

It's Ridley's responsibility.

This is all that matters.

the rest of it? the hypocrisy & whatever else ... meh, just words... that hypocrisy is what helps put the 11 million dollars in his pocket every year...


hope all the other players learned this lesson well ... use your fall guys phone when placing bets...

 

[Chevy]

Calvin Ridley spotted at the Foxwood's shuttle counter, Logan International Airport.

 

[Nehalem]

Calvin Ridley spotted at the Foxwood's shuttle counter, Logan International Airport.

Someone really needs to Photoshop in a mask, so it doesn't look like its from 2 years ago

 

[Guts]

 

[Guts]

Me and Ridley

 

[TheRainMaker]

I guarantee you he thought he could gamble because he wasn’t playing for the Falcons.

 

[Love The Drake]

I guarantee you he thought he could gamble because he wasn’t playing for the Falcons.

He should challenge it. I was thinning the exact same thing.

 

[TheRainMaker]

He should challenge it. I was thinning the exact same thing.

He’d lose because he’s on the roster getting paid by them.

 

[DarrylS]

Not sure that the NFL is surprised, that league sold it soul to big time gamblers in the past couple of years.. sooner or later this was going to happen. I cringe every time I watch an NFL game when Draft Kings and other gambling sites are sponsoring them.

 

[Pape]

Not sure that the NFL is surprised, that league sold it soul to big time gamblers in the past couple of years.. sooner or later this was going to happen. I cringe every time I watch an NFL game when Draft Kings and other gambling sites are sponsoring them.

Remember when the league forced tony romo to cancel a card show because it was in a Vegas property owned by a casino? Yeah, me too.... Selling it's soul is such the apt description... Herr goodells leadership in a nutshell... Chase every last dollar, no matter what...

 

[FreeTedWilliams]

So the funny thing here is that it was Hard Rock casino that ratted him out. He was in Florida and placed a bet with the only place (currently) bet in Florida, the Seminole Hard Rock ap, and they noticed his name and reported it to whoever the NFL has monitoring this.

So the guy placed a $1,500 parlay, with a casino that owns the naming rights to the Dolphins stadium, and they suspend him for a year. He bet on Atlanta to beat the Jags (hardly inside knowledge, considering the Jags won 2 games last year).

Meanwhile, the guy who makes all the money from the Hard Rock Casino, orders his coach to lose games, and he gets nothing.........


While I agree, it is an awful look for a player to bet on any games, especially his own team, Ridley was not with the team at the time. This is just the beginning of the slippery slope that I predicted the NFL would find itself in, once it got into bed with sports betting.

Report: Company that oversees betting integrity for NFL reported Calvin Ridley to league

Falcons receiver Calvin Ridley was on leave from the NFL dealing with his mental health issues when he placed legal mobile bets from Florida.

profootballtalk.nbcsports.com

 

[Triumph]

Perfect, now we can trade for him on the cheap!

He may never play again. Not in the NFL anyway.

Goodell will throw the book at him as an example to the NFL.

 

[Vindicate]

What a ****ing idiot

I love it.

 

[The Trickster]

Deflated footballs are more important to the intregitah

I always cringe when that buffoon uses the word 'integrity'.

 

[lancerman]

It's Ridley's responsibility but it's kind of hypocritical for the NFL to be so sanctimonious with their heavy hand while at the same time having agreements with major sports books and embracing sports betting.

Why? Many regulations prevent casino employees from gambling in the casinos they work at. Also the NFL has revenue sharing so players get a cut out of those agreements, so he’s jeopardizing money for players as well.

 

[WaterfallJumper]

He may never play again. Not in the NFL anyway.

Goodell will throw the book at him as an example to the NFL.

It wasn't a serious suggestion . . .

 

[denverpatsfan]

Fecking BS!

 

[Brotherblues]

He thinks 1,500 is chump change. Let's see what he thinks in 10 years after his playing earnings all but vanish and the checks have long stopped coming in.

 

[VJCPatriot]

So Ridley just became the Pete Rose of the NFL. Pretty dumb career choice.