Inside information could become a major problem for the NFL

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Inside information could become a major problem for the NFL

The news that Colts cornerback Isaiah Rodgers placed a winning wager on a teammate's over-under rushing total speaks to a problem potentially far more significant and widespread than players betting on NFL games and events.

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Inside information could become a major problem for the NFL​

The news that Colts cornerback Isaiah Rodgers placed a winning wager on a teammate’s over-under rushing total speaks to a problem potentially far more significant and widespread than players betting on NFL games and events.

Inside information. Known in the context of corporate America as material, non-public information. In the NFL, there is plenty of it.

The truth about injuries becomes the most obvious. But there are various other forms of it. For teams that script the first 15 offensive plays, knowledge of those plays becomes significant power when it comes to making bets. More broadly, knowledge of the game plan for a given opponent — offensive and defensive — can shed plenty of light on where to put money.

Lots of people have access to that information. Players, coaches, anyone with access to practice, meetings, game planning can be co-opted.

It goes broader than that. Various staff members either already know or can find out the information. Administrative assistants prepare documents and other materials. Other employees maintain and have accessing to all digital information. The cleaning crews can see information on a whiteboard or on materials left behind in a meeting room or discarded.

It’s one thing for someone like Rodgers to use the information on his own. It’s quite another for someone to give that information to others, whether as a favor or in exchange for something, like cash.

And it’s one thing for the league to suspend players whose phones have supplied the evidence that the sports books have handed to the NFL. It’s quite another for the league to properly protect inside information, and to catch those who are misappropriating it, whether it’s players, coaches, or anyone else who has (or who can secure) access to that information.

 

[OnceARam]

Great description of the Pandora's box that is gambling.

Just remember boys, the house always wins.

 

[kurtfaulk]

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It only took more than 100 years for the light bulb to turn on for this writer.

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[Psycho_X]

Lol, I was reading the story here and I was thinking to myself, "This sounds like a Mike Florio article", based on the sensationalistic nature of the writing. So click on article and sure enough it was him... damn't gave him a click. I swore to never do that again.

Anyway, Florio is one of those people who roam fan boards and throws a ton of assumption/conjecture darts at the board with the hope that some day he'll get a bullseye with one and be able to come back and say "i told you so". Except, some how he gets paid to do it for a national media conglomerate. He's just salivating for a janitor to find a game plan and get caught betting on a game.

 

[den-the-coach]

You cannot have it both ways although I will admit I play fantasy and have done well over the years and not on the sites playing fantasy just with friends & colleagues accordingly. I never enjoyed betting on football, just don't have the chops for it, funny I invest plenty and play that game, but it is different for me from that prospective.

Overall, hard to guide players to not bet especially when they have the money and feel like the article stated having inside information. Overall I knew this would happen and I always felt bad for the likes of Alex Karras & Paul Horning over the years, but not so much for Pete Rose.

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

I agree with Foolio for once. I always felt that the partnership between gambling and the NFL was a bad idea.

If a part time player nearing the end of his short career were to be approached by someone offering to pay him for inside info, it would be very tempting to provide it.

 

[HX76]

We had a talk at work last week about gambling. Geezer lost £58k on a horse. He didn't have any inside information.

Next week we've got Gerry Griffin popping in for a chat, should be interesting.

 

[dieterbrock]

And yet they are required to publicly post the injury list

 

[Mojo Ram]

Yep

 

[Merlin]

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It only took more than 100 years for the light bulb to turn on for this writer.

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I was about to post the same thing. Fuckin Captain Obvious opens his eyes and sees the problem.

 

[kurtfaulk]

I was about to post the same thing. Fuckin Captain Obvious opens his eyes and sees the problem.

It's funny how the decrepit fuck is trying to make out like suddenly its a new problem.

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