5 NFL Players Suspended for Gambling

[flv2]

Whose job is it to monitor every bet of every single franchise employee and every league employee?

We're talking about a league that won't even make officials full-time, year-round employees.

Neither point is relevant.

 

[nanomoz]

Neither point is relevant.

How? If players can bet on their own teams to win and only win, who investigates these matters?

There's a reason rules are simplified vs. completely objective driven.

 

[flv2]

Whose job is it to monitor every bet of every single franchise employee and every league employee?

We're talking about a league that won't even make officials full-time, year-round employees.

How? If players can bet on their own teams to win and only win, who investigates these matters?

There's a reason rules are simplified vs. completely objective driven.

Franchise employees who do the cleaning, secretarial work, fix the electrics, or answer the telephones are not under the same employment rules as the franchise employees who play the game on Sundays.

Some referees have better paying jobs the rest of the year and don't want to be full time NFL referees. Being full-time NFL employees could impact referees officiating other forms of the sport. NFL referees shouldn't be allowed to bet on NFL games but such a restriction should apply regardless of their being full-time or not. Technically NFL players aren't full-time, year-round employees.

So no. Other franchise employees and the employment status of referees aren't relevant to player gambling rules.

 

[BASF]

Wonder if this changes the Lions draft at #6?

No, that would have been the Seahawks changing the Lions draft at 6.