I think we may need a second round of Hard Knocks featuring the Detroit Lions this year.
The team just gave us the most compelling story of the offseason.
On Friday, it was announced that the NFL suspended five players, including four Detroit Lions, for gambling on games. Ian Rapoport with the NFL Network broke the news, with the most significant name being Lions receiver Jameson Williams.
The NFL suspended Williams for six games. That was the same punishment for fellow Lion Stanley Berryhill.
Meanwhile, the league suspended Detroit’s CJ Moore and Quintex Cephus for at least a year. The NFL also did the same with the Commanders Shaka Toney.
New information has now come out to show it wasn’t just the players as the team fired several staff members from various departments from doing the same exact thing. These firings reportedly went down last month.
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The NFL has a strict gambling policy in place to maintain the integrity of the league and protect players and fans from the potentially harmful effects of gambling. NFL prohibits all employees, players, coaches, game officials, and team owners from engaging in any form of gambling-related activity involving NFL games. This includes betting, fantasy football and sports-related contests, and other types of betting-related activities. Anyone found violating this policy is subject to discipline up to and including suspension or termination.
It’s unclear which rules the staff members actually violated.
To prevent gambling-related problems, the NFL has partnered with the National Council on Problem Gambling and implemented an extensive Player Care Foundation designed to provide players with support and resources to handle gambling problems. The league also works closely with law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute illegal gambling activities involving NFL games.
The NFL’s gambling policy seeks to protect the integrity of the game by ensuring that players and other team officials do not engage in any activities that could potentially affect the outcome of NFL games.
