NFL Updates Gambling Rules and Education for 2024 Season
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00:00As far as the rules are concerned for the NFL, any updates here as far as gambling is
00:08concerned?
00:09Craig, I was dumbfounded yesterday when I saw some of the some of the paperwork that
00:17was handed out.
00:18Basically, the NFL held a conference and they updated a bunch of the rules, including surrounding
00:24gambling and education.
00:25Craig, did you know that in-person gambling education was not mandatory in the NFL before
00:32this 2024 season?
00:34That's shocking, right?
00:35Considering the issues that we've had, everyone has to have butts in seats for gambling training
00:43this year.
00:44And it wasn't required beforehand.
00:45The first six seasons of legal betting in the US, the first six seasons of NFL football,
00:51they didn't make people sit in person to hear about this.
00:54So maybe that will help the rules sink in a little bit.
00:58It seems like they are really dumbing it down and really simplifying it this year, Craig.
01:05Six main rules for NFL players.
01:07That's how it starts.
01:08Never bet on the NFL.
01:10Never have someone bet for you.
01:13Don't gamble at your team facility or while traveling.
01:17And remember, that can include the hotel as well, the team hotel that you're staying at,
01:23which if you're not in person, think about how many Zoom meetings we've had over the
01:28past couple of years, Craig.
01:30I tune out.
01:31It's hard to keep paying attention to Zoom meeting after Zoom meeting.
01:34And you hear, don't gamble.
01:36You think, all right, cool.
01:37I'm not going to gamble.
01:38We're at the team facility, obviously.
01:40But maybe you just didn't hear that team hotel part.
01:44And that's where some of the issues have been coming in.
01:47So now they're definitely laying that out front for everyone as well.
01:52Don't share team information.
01:53That should be obvious enough.
01:55If you know quarterback A is hurt and hasn't been out there yet, don't tell anybody.
02:01Don't even walk inside a sportsbook during the NFL season.
02:05You're not allowed to do that.
02:08Don't approach the window.
02:09Don't have your money out.
02:10Don't walk into a sportsbook.
02:13And finally, don't play daily fantasy football.
02:15And that's interesting to me, Craig, because in the past couple of years, these players
02:20have gotten more comfortable about talking about fantasy football and playing against
02:24themselves in fantasy football or having themselves in fantasy football.
02:28And I don't think anybody has ever taken those comments to have integrity issues behind them.
02:34But yeah, now don't play daily fantasy football on there as well.
02:38And then very clearly it says, coaches, staff, and personnel, don't bet on any sports at
02:45all.
02:46Yeah.
02:47Look, we have to hope that this sinks in this time, right?
02:53Maybe the NFL is just really shook by the John Tay Porter stuff and actually seeing
02:59someone and their play on the court come into the conversation.
03:05Maybe that really made them nervous and they knew that they really just had to dig in and
03:09drill in these rules to people.
03:12But all of this sounds like things that should have been said in 2018.
03:18And I don't know why they weren't said in 2018.
03:21Glad they're being said in 2024.
03:23But man, that's a lot of time to have a substandard gambling policy as it seemed.