Paul KasabianFeatured Columnist IIApril 18, 2024
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The NFL is restoring 5 gamers who had actually been suspended forever for breaching the league’s betting policy, per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.
4 of the gamers are totally free representatives: ex-Detroit Lions pass receiver Quintez Cephus, security C.J. Moore and protective lineman Demetrius Taylor along with Indianapolis Colts linebacker Rashod Berry. Washington Commanders protective end Shaka Toney, the 5th renewed gamer, stays with the group.
Cephus and Moore were launched after news of the suspensions broke, as was Berry. The Lions had actually cut Taylor before the start of 2023 novice minicamp.
In April 2023, Cephus, Moore and Toney were suspended forever for banking on NFL video games in the 2022 season. 2 months later on, Berry and Taylor got the exact same penalties for the exact same factor. All 5 gamers were permitted to look for reinstatement following the 2023 project.
The NFL revealed changes to its betting policy in September 2023, per the Associated Press. Gamers captured banking on their own groups would be suspended for 2 seasons, while gamers betting on any other NFL video game would sit for one year.
“We regularly evaluate the NFL Gambling Policy to make sure that it is responsive to altering scenarios and completely resolves our dedication to safeguard the stability of the video game,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell composed in a memo to league groups. “… The modified gaming policy that we are providing today supplies that clearness and focus, and offers clear assistance to gamers about the effects of breaching the policy.”
The 5 abovementioned gamers were suspended for a year under the old policy. There’s likewise a significant omission from that list in ex-Colts (and now Philadelphia Eagles) cornerback Isaiah Rodgers Sr.
ESPN’s Tim MacManus composed this at the time relating to the claims causing Rodgers’ suspension.
“Sources acquainted with the activity on the online sportsbook account utilized by Rodgers informed ESPN’s David Purdum in June that up of 100 bets were positioned, consisting of a minimum of one wager on a video game including the Colts.
“A source informed ESPN that good friends of Rodgers, who remained in Florida, motivated him to put much of the wagers, most of which remained in the $25-$50 variety. Legal sports wagering was not offered in Florida this previous football season. The biggest wager positioned through the account was a $1,000 prop bet on the over/under on hurrying backyards by a Colts running back, which won.”
His reinstatement wasn’t revealed with the rest of that group, although the Eagles especially signed him last August and positioned him on the reserve/suspended list, probably in hopes of getting him back in 2024.
Around the time news broke of the reinstatements, Rodgers launched this on X:
Isaiah Rodgers Sr. @rodgers_isaiah
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It stays to be seen whether Rodgers will be renewed too,