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HSanders said:
One hundred percent of anything the nfl says about gambling is absolute bullshit.Because they invited it into their game and they promote it.And they make money off it.So they just need to shut the fuck up.
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Cautionary tale here. The highest-ranked Australian rugby referee, Ashley Klein, was discovered to have had over $500,000 in gambling debts. The story broke about a week ago. Amazingly, the NRL there (National Rugby League) have allowed him to continue refereeing as he told them he never bet on rugby games and all his gambling was on horses. Fans, of course, are outraged, and many are saying even if he never bet on a rugby game he was refereeing, the fact that he is so much in debt makes him vulnerable to potential creditors who might pressure him to skew a game he's involved in. And of course, fans are going back over all his games and flagging every contentious decision made as being rigged.

Sports love afair with gambling is getting worse, globally. Anyone who knows Australia knows how much gambling there is in everyday life. In every pub, you find Poker Machines or "Pokies" as they call them, and your average Aussie will bet on anything.
 
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This is a very interesting situation.

Lots of opinions on Sorsby and lots of discussion going on right now in the NFL and NCAA. The Pryor situation doesn't hold up as a comparison because the Players Association newest agreement with he NFL says the NFL can not punish a player for anything the player did before entering the NFL. Now that Kessler is involoved with his long history of winning against the NFL, Goodell isn't anxious to use this as a test case. When Sorsby played at Cincinnati, Cincinnati knew he was gambling and did nothing to stop it or to help him with his gambling problem. The judge agreed with Sorsby that the NCAA was at fault for his gambling addiction. Now the colleges are pissed at Texas Tech for having his back and Texas Tech is pissed at all those colleges for wanting him banned. Everyone has lawyered up which has led to Sorsby being advised to enter the Supplemental Draft of the NFL. He's applied for the Supplemental Draft.

No one wants this to become a huge legal battle which it would become if Goodell tried to punish him as the NFL did Pryor. Things have changed since then. Boutte had gambled at LSU before joining the Pats and he wasn't punished. Jim Harbaugh left for the NFL amid a storm of college accusations and he wasn't punished.

Tom Pelissero explains it very well. The NFL can't blackball him...antitrust and conspiracy violations.



Sorsby is thought to be a top 4-5 QB in the QB rich 2027 draft, an almost certain 1st round pick without this cloud over his head.
Should a team that needs a QB badly take a chance on Sorsby by drafting him? Breer says 4 teams should line up to draft him in the Supplemental Draft. The Jets and Dolphins are two of them.
His agent Ron Slavin told a radio station in Dallas that 26 teams reached out about his client. At 6-foot-3, 235 pounds Sorsby threw 27 TDs and 5 INTs last season and teams are going to dive deep into his tape over the next few weeks.



I'm interested to see how this plays out and how Goodell and the NFL handles this delicate situation. This is a tough one for Goodell who has done all he can to enhance revenue through the fantasy football gambling world. Goodell will take his lumps on this and I'm here for every second of it.
 
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chevss454 said:
This is a very interesting situation.

Lots of opinions on Sorsby and lots of discussion going on right now in the NFL and NCAA. The Pryor situation doesn't hold up as a comparison because the Players Association newest agreement with he NFL says the NFL can not punish a player for anything the player did before entering the NFL. Now that Kessler is involoved with his long history of winning against the NFL, Goodell isn't anxious to use this as a test case. When Sorsby played at Cincinnati, Cincinnati knew he was gambling and did nothing to stop it or to help him with his gambling problem. The judge agreed with Sorsby that the NCAA was at fault for his gambling addiction. Now the colleges are pissed at Texas Tech for having his back and Texas Tech is pissed at all those colleges for wanting him banned. Everyone has lawyered up which has led to Sorsby being advised to enter the Supplemental Draft of the NFL. He's applied for the Supplemental Draft.

No one wants this to become a huge legal battle which it would become if Goodell tried to punish him as the NFL did Pryor. Things have changed since then. Boutte had gambled at LSU before joining the Pats and he wasn't punished. Jim Harbaugh left for the NFL amid a storm of college accusations and he wasn't punished.

Tom Pelissero explains it very well. The NFL can't blackball him...antitrust and conspiracy violations.



Sorsby is thought to be a top 4-5 QB in the QB rich 2027 draft, an almost certain 1st round pick without this cloud over his head.
Should a team that needs a QB badly take a chance on Sorsby by drafting him? Breer says 4 teams should line up to draft him in the Supplemental Draft. The Jets and Dolphins are two of them.
His agent Ron Slavin told a radio station in Dallas that 26 teams reached out about his client. At 6-foot-3, 235 pounds Sorsby threw 27 TDs and 5 INTs last season and teams are going to dive deep into his tape over the next few weeks.



I'm interested to see how this plays out and how Goodell and the NFL handles this delicate situation. This is a tough one for Goodell who has done all he can to enhance revenue through the fantasy football gambling world. Goodell will take his lumps on this and I'm here for every second of it.
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I'm just glad Miami let him walk when his NIL demands got too ridiculous.
I can only imagine the gnashing of teeth if this happened while being a Hurricane. Hundreds of news outlets calling for another Death Penalty.
 

View: https://x.com/AdamSchefter/status/2069478343611748532


We are in receipt of your Petition for Special Eligibility, dated June 16, 2026 (“Petition”). As announced earlier today, the League has elected not to conduct a Supplemental Draft this year.

Under our Collective Bargaining Agreement, the League retains sole discretion to determine whether it is appropriate to conduct a Supplemental Draft in any given year. The League has not conducted such a draft for several years and, prior to your submission, the League had no plans to do so this year, as no other player has sought entry. Your Petition—filed three business days before the deadline, without any supporting information or documentation, and only after abandoning your recent litigation efforts to avoid NCAA sanctions—does not provide a basis for the League to alter those plans. The issues presented by your Petition are too significant, and too closely tied to the League’s core integrity interests, to permit meaningful review within the timeline presented.

The sole reasons identified in your Petition for seeking entry into the Supplemental Draft are that you have been “declared ineligible” by the NCAA, have “exhausted all of [your] avenues to continue in the NCAA,” and “want to now play in the NFL.” The Petition provides no information regarding the basis for, or timing of, the NCAA’s decision. Public sources, however, indicate that in May 2026 the NCAA issued a determination declaring you permanently ineligible from participation in college athletics, based on a sustained pattern of improper gambling activity during your collegiate career at three different universities.

The League does not have the complete record of the NCAA’s investigation, and you did not provide any such materials with your Petition. Available information nonetheless indicates that, over the course of your collegiate career, you knowingly engaged in repeated and significant violations of NCAA rules designed to preserve the integrity of athletic competition. Reported conduct includes placing wagers on your own team and teammates and, to avoid detection, establishing or funding accounts in the names of intermediaries who placed bets on your behalf. There are also reports that you may have violated state criminal law.

Your Petition does not address these matters. Nor does it demonstrate accountability for your conduct or indicate whether, or how, you would adhere to the League’s rules and policies governing the integrity of competition. Instead, even after receiving notice of the NCAA’s decision rescinding your college eligibility in May, you sought to avoid the consequences of that determination through litigation rather than accepting responsibility for your actions, and you pursued entry into the NFL only after abandoning those efforts.

As Commissioner Goodell has emphasized, participation in the NFL is a privilege that carries with it significant responsibilities, including accountability. By all accounts, you are a talented player with the potential for future success. We encourage you to focus on preparing for possible entry into the NFL through the 2027 NFL Annual Draft.

Sincerely,
Lawrence P. Ferazani, Jr.
 
Lions cornerback Terrion Arnold made his initial court appearance on Thursday on armed robbery and kidnapping charges.

Judge J. Logan Murphy ruled that Arnold will remain in custody until a pre-trial detention hearing is held on Monday, June 29.

Arnold faces three counts of armed robbery, three counts of kidnapping, one count of conspiracy to commit armed robbery, and one count of conspiracy to commit kidnapping.

In court, Arnold’s lawyer said that he “is absolutely denying” the allegations.

Judge Murphy explained that, because he has been arrested on six first-degree felonies that are categorized as “dangerous crimes” and carry a sentence of life in prison ,he will remain in jail until Monday’s hearing. :popcorn:

(It's not like this guy bet on sports, Give him a break his lawyer thought :jester: )
 
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