Ravens GM Eric DeCosta issues ‘very clear’ warning to players about gambling

As playing turns into a bigger challenge throughout the NFL, league officers are looking for methods to make sure gamers perceive the principles.

A number of gamers have been suspended in current months, with the NFL presumably investigating others. Calvin Ridley is among the notable gamers who has been punished for playing. He warned other players in regards to the risks of defying the league’s playing insurance policies.

Earlier this week, the league tried to fortify its stance on gamers participating in sports activities playing by introducing six “key rules” about wagering. However Eric DeCosta, the Baltimore Ravens common supervisor, determined to take issues one step additional by making a direct attraction to the gamers on Baltimore’s roster.

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In accordance with the Baltimore Solar, DeCosta opened the Ravens minicamp periods by “laying out the main points of the NFL’s prohibition towards playing and emphasizing the severity of potential penalties.”

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Partnerships with playing firms has solely grown throughout the NFL, and the Ravens are getting into the second 12 months of a cope with BetMGM.

Ravens head coach Jim Harbaugh mentioned he hoped that DeCosta’s private attraction despatched a transparent message to the gamers.

5 gamers have been suspended this offseason for playing, with a sixth on the best way. (Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Photos/LightRocket through Getty Photos)

“It does concern you that it’s not all the time too clear,” Harbaugh mentioned. “The clearest factor could be [to] simply avoid it, however guys are going to be on trip, and so they might play blackjack or no matter, there’s nothing mistaken with that, in the event that they do this.”

“However it is rather clear by way of sports activities playing, by way of the place you may be through the season, these sorts of issues, and by way of not betting on soccer, interval, finish of story. That’s fairly darn clear.”

The NFL brand is seen on the sphere previous to a recreation between the Inexperienced Bay Packers and Miami Dolphins at Arduous Rock Stadium on December 25, 2022 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Megan Briggs/Getty Photos)

Except for Ridley’s season-long suspension, Detroit Lions vast receiver Jameson Williams will miss the primary six video games of the upcoming season after he positioned bets on non-NFL occasions.

Ravens gamers Marlon Humphrey and Ronnie Stanley expressed appreciation for DeCosta’s efforts.

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“I don’t suppose it issues me,” Stanley mentioned. “There may be a scarcity of readability, however I don’t suppose so. Due to all of the completely different guidelines between playing, all of the completely different websites, fantasy – I believe guys, particularly within the newer technology, most likely get a little bit bit extra confused about what they’ll and may’t do. However I do know the league and [NFLPA]they attempt to have these conferences to make it possible for we’ve a full understanding of issues that we will and may’t gamble on.”