NFL teams ‘hammer’ gambling rules to players in wake of latest betting controversy

NFL teams ‘hammer’ gambling rules to players in wake of latest betting controversy

Article brief provided by USA Today
  • Chris Bumbaca, USA Today
June 7, 2023 9:09 PM
  • Chris Bumbaca, USA Today

As mandatory minicamps across the NFL began this week, some teams used the time to emphasize a certain point to players: Don’t bet on the NFL. And if a player chooses to wager on other sports, they need to make sure they do so away from the team facility.

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“We continue to hammer these things home that we’ve got to be very, very careful and understand it,” Washington Commanders head coach Ron Rivera said Tuesday. “The integrity of the league, integrity of each team ‒ and then the players’ own integrity and coaches’ integrity for that matter as well ‒ are at stake. And we have to be very, very diligent about this.”