A detail view of the NFL rest logo is seen on an Arizona Cardinals jersey in action during a game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium on December 17, 2023.Photo:Robin Alam/ISI Photos/Getty
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WithSuper Bowl LVIIIin Las Vegas on the horizon, the NFL is reiterating its policy prohibiting players from participating in betting.
Jeff Miller, the NFL’s executive vice president of communications, emphasized the league’s rules on a conference call with reporters this week, according toCNN.
“The rules are no different for the participating teams’ players and other personnel as they would be for any other game," Miller said on the call, per CNN. “When on business, there is no gambling, whether it be sports gambling or otherwise,” he added.
Miller confirmed that “any player, coach, personnel,” including himself, “who would be caught or identified gambling at a casino would be eligible for the disciplinary process.”
According to the NFL’s communications VP, that means anyone caught participating in betting “would be addressed in the normal course of discipline as we would any player or other personnel who there was evidence that was violating the rules around gambling,” per CNN.
NFL general manager of sports betting, David Highhill, also addressed the league’s policy around gambling amid the 2024 Super Bowl.
“We think about sports betting at the NFL every day, and you could distill it all down to two things: it’s through a prism of protecting game integrity, and then delivering experiences for fans that are interested in sports betting,” Highhill said during the conference call, according to CNN.
A detail view of the NFL crest logo is seen on a football is seen in action during a game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium on December 17, 2023.Robin Alam/ISI Photos/Getty
Highhill added, “I think those are the two primary orientations that we’re all working together to accomplish both at the same time.”
In 2023, the NFL suspended eight players who violated the league’s gambling policy.
In April, the leagueannounced indefinite suspensionsfor Quintez Cephus and C.J. Moore of the Detroit Lions and Shaka Toney of the Washington Commanders through at least the conclusion of the 2023 season for betting on NFL games.
The Lions were also hit with the suspension of Stanley Berryhill and Jameson Williams, who were barred for the team’s first six regular season games of the 2023 season after betting from an NFL facility on non-NFL games.
“These players exhibited decision-making that is not consistent with our organizational values and violates league rules,” astatement from Detroit LionsExecutive Vice President and General Manager Brad Holmes reads.
Then in June, the NFLannouncedIndianapolis Colts players Isaiah Rodgers Sr. and Rashod Berry and free agent Demetrius Taylor werereceiving indefinite suspensionsfor betting on games. The Tennessee Titans’ Nicholas Petit-Frere was suspended for six games.
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Super Bowl LVIII kicks off Feb. 11 in Las Vegas.
source: people.com
