Cardinals' Shaw suspended for betting on games

[Archae]

Source: WHBL Sheboygan radio

(Reuters) - Arizona Cardinals defensive back Josh Shaw has been suspended until at least the end of the 2020 season for betting on National Football League games, the league said on Friday.

The NFL said in a statement an investigation uncovered no evidence indicating any inside information was used or that any game was compromised in any way.


Read more: https://whbl.com/news/articles/2019/nov/29/cardinals-shaw-suspended-for-betting-on-games/962285/

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Just...dumb.

[Gore1FL]

1. It's mind-blowing to me that this happens. nt

[cannabis_flower]

2. I misread the headline ...

I thought it said Cardinal Shaw... like in the Catholic Church. I started to read it to see which diocese Cardinal Shaw was head of. Of course, I realized my mistake as soon as I started reading the article.

[whistler162]

4. The most holy diocese of football

hollow be its name

[ArizonaLib]

10. Also wasn't Stanford Cardinal's Shaw

The head coach's name is Shaw. The same Stanford University that still celebrates Herbert Hoover with the Hoover Institute that started as a library he founded in 1919 before he became president.

[whistler162]

3. Guy needs a sit down with Pete Rose

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so Pete can explain to him the "benefits" of gambling!

[Archae]

5. Gambling can be an addiction, also.

I buy a couple scratch-off tickets about every Sunday, ($4 worth) and when I do win, it is a good feeling.

So I know that the "rush" a gambler gets can become an addiction also.

Bill Bennett lost millions of dollars that way, and yet he started small too.

[ArizonaLib]

11. That's right

No one needs lessons from a bad gambler with a bad haircut.

[demosincebirth]

12. Is it fair? Pete got banned for life.

[whistler162]

13. No, and that is why Shaw should have

a sit down with Rose.

[melm00se]

6. There are many pitfalls being a pro athlete but this one....

One of my relatives worked for a professional football team (non-playing capacity) and every employee, no matter what they did for the organization, went thru the same training every year where they covered betting on sports.

You were discouraged from gambling but told in no uncertain terms that gambling on your sport was an absolute, 100%, zero tolerance activity. Doing so would end your employment. No warning. No second chance. No appeal. You were DONE. Out the door. Permanently. You signed an agreement (notarized) to that effect.

They also said that players were reminded of this on a regular basis so there was no way to claim that you "didn't know".

[Polybius]

7. He's lucky he plays football

If he were a baseball player, he'd be gone for life.

[jbeing]

8. Most Pro Sports Leagues

have business relationships with sports betting outlets. MLB with FanDuel and others with various betting sites. So, how can they pretend to maintain the purity of any sport that benefits from gambling sites?

[kairos12]

9. The Cardinals have a Trump loving owner, and a convicted drunk driver as a GM.

This player fits right in.

[AllaN01Bear]

14. pro sports is a joke.