This is about MONEY. Its about honest outcomes at the end of a game. If 1 or more than one player can intentionally alter the score or who wins, the NFL becomes all star wrestling, The Bachelor, or dumb fuck wives of Miami.

All it takes is a D back blowing a pass coverage and his bet wins but the fans lose. He is a grown ass man who had a chance to live a dream. He blew it on a $50 bet.

Like I said, if that is what he did, show no mercy...otherwise, either get gambling out of football or consider yourself part of the problem before you impose the death sentence on the kid!

It will only get worse. The owners opened the door to gambling thinking they could control it.

So honest question can players play fantasy football?

If so and all he did was parlays including himself and the colts to win.. not saying it’s right but is it that bad?

If he just simply bet on himself to return a kick or get an interception I mean that’s like added motivation

Yes it is. Will there be a point spread? If there is, winning may not be enough to cover the bet. That may alter how he plays coverage, chances taken to cover the bet, not just win.

If he needs an interception, gambles on the field, and fails giving the opposition a score, losing the game.

The only way sports can be made “honest”, is to ban players who bet on their own sport.

Want an example, see professional tennis. The Russians have fucked up that sport

You honestly think his 50$ bet is gonna change his play on the field?

I doubt it, seems like it was chump change and just trying to have fun with it no different than fantasy football.

Yes the power of google told me players are allowed to play fantasy football as long as the payoff is no more than 250$

So how do we know players haven’t been dogging it for years because your not gonna tell me these dudes play anything for 250$

It’s all hypocritical shit… there’s literally a Cesar’s lounge at Lucas oil

I can't typically stomach listing to Florio rant but I felt like Simms had the correct take on why athletes absolutely shouldn't gamble at all.

All it takes is someone with an addiction problem falling behind and just needing one come up, just one win, to break even.

Protect them from themselves.

This is just annoying, we lose a good player, player loses a career and millions of piddly little bets.

I still believe Pete Rose when he says he only bet on the Reds to win, but he’s still banned for a reason.

Because the MLB commissioner had the courage to protect the integrity of the game. Can't say the same about Goodell since Brady and Belicheat aren't lifetime banned like Rose is. And since the NFL has already proven they don't give a shit about the integrity of the game, why bother doing gambling suspensions? It's the height of hypocrisy to say that Isaiah Rodgers may have changed how he played the game because he bet on it while not saying that Tom Brady may have changed how he played the game because Bill Belicheat told him exactly what the defense was running based on getting data back from Ernie Adams who was analyzing film of opponents' signal and relaying that data illegally. So remove Brady and Belicheat from the record books and ban them for life, proving you actually care about the integrity of the game, or stop pretending you care about the integrity of the game with these gambling suspensions. Of course, spineless coward Goodell will do neither, because this is more about PR and image than it is about protecting the integrity of the game.

Wow, I am really in the minority here (maybe criticizing my position should now be considered Cletusphobia), because I don't think Pete Rose should have been banned for life, and I think the height of hypocrisy is the NFL showing no compassion for a kid that has a gambling addiction when the are raking in millions from allowing gambling on their games!

By the way, I believe betting on MLB was illegal when Pete Rose bet on it so that is a little different than the current NFL! Pete originally said he never bet on the Reds, then they dangled the possibility that if he admitted to gambling on the Reds they would let him into the HoF, so he did (true or not) and they used his confession to ban him forever!