Gambling policy violations are becoming increasingly common with the expansion of states legalizing sports wagering and the ease with which bets can be placed on mobile devices.
He was waived by the Indianapolis Colts shortly after the NFL suspended Rodgers and two other players indefinitely for gambling on NFL games last season.
Those rules bar players, coaches, team officials and all league personnel from betting on NFL games, placing bets at team facilities or team hotels or having someone else place a bet for them. At least 10 players have been suspended in the past year, beginning with the 2022 season-long suspension of former Atlanta Falcons receiver Calvin Ridley. He was reinstated in March and now plays for the Jacksonville Jaguars.The Lions have since released receivers Quintez Cephus and Stanley Berryhill and safety C.J. Moore after Cephus and Moore received indefinite suspensions.
“The league just comes in, they give their piece on it with what they talk about and how they handle it and what the players need to know and going forward in that matter," new Colts coach Shane Steichen said after the investigation into Rodgers' actions went public earlier this month.A website that covers sports wagering, sportshandle.com, reported an unidentified Colts player placed ”hundreds” of bets, some on Colts games.
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