When Jacksonville Jaguars’ receiver Calvin Ridley released his Players Tribune Article in March, he said he paid the price. Yet, NFL players are still being tied up in gambling issues.
Ridley was suspended indefinitely in March 2022 after being investigated for gambling while he was a member of the Atlanta Falcons, but was reinstated by the league in March of this year.
“Yeah, it bugs me a little because my NFL buddies didn’t look at me and say, ‘Aw man, hell, that’s serious,’” Ridley told the Times-Union on Monday after the Jaguars held mandatory minicamp.
“I wish they would’ve looked at me and said, ‘Wow, they did him like that? I hope it doesn’t happen to me.’ Because that’s what I would’ve done. If I would’ve seen one of my NFL buddies get slammed like that, I would’ve been a little bit afraid and watching myself. But you know, it is what it is, they have to learn the hard way like I did. It’s gonna be alright though.”
