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My guess is gambling as well.................
1 posted on 12/20/2023 8:23:03 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Impy; WhoisAlanGreenspan?

Ping!.................


2 posted on 12/20/2023 8:23:26 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Interesting though because if it was gambling or especially PEDs, you would think the league would handle the punishment. I can see a team trying to pre-emptively get a head of it, mostly to avert the team itself getting penalized, but this seems like a unusual move. Must be pretty bad.


3 posted on 12/20/2023 8:29:14 AM PST by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: Red Badger

wont make a difference Colts wont beat any playoff team, especially the Fins.


4 posted on 12/20/2023 8:30:32 AM PST by Jonny7797
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To: Red Badger
Somebody has standards. A sharp contrast to the Baltimore Ravens and the Ray Lewis affair.

Makes me want to root for the Colts. Weren't they Tony Dungee's team?

5 posted on 12/20/2023 8:30:45 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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6 posted on 12/20/2023 8:31:31 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

Good riddance to bad garbage. I stopped watching NFL after the league and the owners refused to discipline the commie/pinko/black supremists who kneeled during the national anthem. Now, every time the NFL takes a shot, I cheer.


8 posted on 12/20/2023 8:32:29 AM PST by rod5591
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To: Red Badger
Gambling. I'm against having pro teams in Vegas.

And states legalizing gambling. It should be tightly regulated in Vegas and Atlantic City and Indian Reservations. That's it.

11 posted on 12/20/2023 8:33:18 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Red Badger

They used the wrong pronouns.


12 posted on 12/20/2023 8:39:17 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Red Badger

Such levels of secrecy and punishment always relate to something that will affect the team.

If I had to guess, its something having to do with wives/girlfriends of other players


13 posted on 12/20/2023 8:41:12 AM PST by PGR88
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To: Red Badger

Or domestic abuse, just like Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson.


14 posted on 12/20/2023 8:42:05 AM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Red Badger

I applaud the Colts for making the tough, but correct, decision. They have done well considering they have been playing with their backup QB most of the season and coming off a horrible season last year.


15 posted on 12/20/2023 8:42:57 AM PST by circlecity
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To: Red Badger

Colts also cut two other players in the preseason for gambling.


16 posted on 12/20/2023 8:45:10 AM PST by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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When the NFL ‘wasn’t’ associated with gambling and ‘pretended’ that gambling and spreads were myths, not to be spoken of when the NFL was talked about by sportscasters... Everybody knew then that certain refs, players and even some coaches could ‘possibly’ be on the take and throwing games. But the NFL was strictly against spreads and betting, and that stance made it seem like the NFL was aboveboard and safe enough for gambling addicts like me to trust.

Now that they’re in bed with gambling... I just assume that every NFL game is on the take in some fashion or another... There have been at least 3 useless field-goals kicked this year that ended up changing the spread and costing gamblers tens of millions of dollars. Then there are the refs calls on the field... A referee can call ‘holding’ on pretty much every play in the NFL, and pass interference??? The subjectiveness is obscene, especially at crucial junctures in a game.

The NFL made $18.6 billion in 2022... The ‘legal’ and illegal gambling industry made ten times that much on NFL betting.

NFL Players are being watched like hawks and several have already been suspended for gambling... And more will be suspended in the future.

The big question is... Who’s watching the owners, the coaches, the refs, etc.? None of them have been suspended to date. Does the NFL actually expect it’s fans to believe that not one of them has ever gambled on the NFL, gamble on their own teams, or thrown a game here or there?

When the NFL wasn’t in bed with the gambling industry, I was more than happy to ‘pretend’ like they did, that gambling didn’t effect the outcome of NFL games. Now the NFL and other professional sporting leagues practically own the gambling industry... I have some very serious doubts.


22 posted on 12/20/2023 9:23:11 AM PST by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: Red Badger
...which is a shocking decision by the franchise considering their spot in the NFL playoff race...

Not if NFL games are prearranged.

They don't want players gambling on their own and screwing up results that are already on a list locked in the Commissioner's desk.

29 posted on 12/20/2023 1:12:57 PM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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