Commanders HC Ron Rivera Lays Out A Blue Print To Handle Gambling Rules After Player’s Suspension

Five players were suspended by the NFL for breaking the league’s gambling rules in April. Quintez Cephus of the Detroit Lions, C.J. Moore of the Washington Commanders, and Shaka Toney of the Lions are all now serving six-game suspensions, while Stanley Berryhill and Jameson Williams of the Lions are serving an indefinite suspension. When the 2023–24 season kicks off in the fall, their ban will start.

For placing bets on NFL games during the 2022 season, Cephus, Moore, and Toney have received an indefinite suspension. However, according to league officials, they may submit a petition for readmission following the 2023 season.

Commanders HC Ron Rivera Lays Out A Blue Print To Handle Gambling Rules After Player’s Suspension

According to the NFL’s gambling policy, all team members, including players, are not allowed to wager on any NFL events at any time or on any other sports while on league property,  including team practice fields.

It seems the Commanders are trying to take action in response to all of these suspensions.

Ron Rivera, the head coach of the Commanders, asserts that clubs must ensure that players are aware of the rigorous gambling regulations in the NFL.

In light of Commanders defensive tackle Shaka Toney’s April NFL suspension for violating the league’s gambling rules, Rivera stated today that the team’s understanding of the need of treating gambling seriously increased.

“The first thing we did when it first broke initially, we did have a player that was involved, unfortunately, we reached out to the league and asked them if they had a PowerPoint they could send and share with us,” Rivera said. “We got Mike Jacobs, our head of security here, involved as well. And then we presented to the players. It’s presented every year, but what we did was an extra emphasis on it.

Tomorrow the league will have a presentation as well. So we’re going to continue that, it will be a presentation that we will do during training camp as well again, just so we continue to hammer these things home and be very, very careful that we understand the integrity of  the league, the integrity of each team and the players’ own integrity and coaches’ integrity for that matter as well are at stake. We have to be very, very diligent about this.”

The Commanders obviously want to keep the sanctions to a minimum since they might hurt the roster.

 

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