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Leonard Fournette tweets he won $ betting football (1 Viewer)

Tom Hagen said:
I'm not sure that particular document is relevant. It is applicable to Employees of the NFL and related companies as defined on page 1 which does not appear to include the teams.  I assume Fournette is employed by the Jacksonville Jaguars.  I would think any gambling restrictions for players would be in the CBA.
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incorrect

Here is the NFL gambling policy

NFL Personnel -

All players, coaches and other full- and part-time Club and League personnel, including but not limited to team owners, trainers, officials, security personnel,consultants, and other staff.

Effective March 7, 2014

2.

G

AMBLING

A

CTIVITIES

.

 League policy strictly prohibits NFL Personnel from participating in or facilitating any form ofillegal gambling. In addition, NFL Personnel are prohibited from engaging in any of thefollowing gambling-related activities, regardless of whether such activities are legal:(1)

Accepting a bribe or agreeing to throw or fix a game or illegally influence its outcome,statistics or score;(2)

Failing promptly to report any bribe offer or any attempt to throw or fix a game or toillegally influence its outcome, statistics or score;(3)

Betting on any NFL game or practice, or any other professional (e.g., NBA, MLB, NHL,PGA, USTA), college (e.g., NCAA basketball), or Olympic sport. including but not limitedto wagers related to game outcome, statistics, score, or performance of any individual participant

1

;(4)

Sharing confidential information regarding any game or any participating individual’s

statusfor or performance in any game without authorization or for the purpose of enabling orfacilitating gambling;(5)

Participating in or condoning any form of gambling while in any Club or League settingincluding, without limitation, locker rooms, practice or office facilities, or while travelingon Club or League business; or(6)

Entering into, utilizing or otherwise visiting a“sports book ”at any time during the NFL playing season.Attending legally-operated casinos and horse or dog racing tracks and wagering on casinogames or races on personal time is not prohibited by this policy. In addition, fantasy footballgames and League or Club-

sponsored skills competitions (e.g., racquetball tournaments, “ClubOlympics” events) for prizes generally are not considered to be gambling or a gambling

-relatedactivity, provided that there is no wagering on the outcome. NFL Personnel may not, however,accept prizes with a value in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250) in any fantasyfootball game. This prohibition is intended to avoid any appearance of impropriety which mayresult from participation in fantasy football games by individuals perceived to have an unfairadvantage due to their preferential access to information
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sorry for how it pasted

ETA Violations:

VIOLATIONS

.

Apparent or alleged violations of this NFL Gambling Policy by NFL Personnel will continue to be decided by the Commissioner or his designee on a case-by-case basis. Violations of this policy constitute conduct detrimental to the League and will subject the involved Club and/or person(s) to appropriate disciplinary action by the Commissioner. Such disciplinary action mayinclude, without limitation, severe penalties, up to and including a fine, termination ofemployment and/or banishment from the NFL for life
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doesnt need to be proven. alleged is enough

 
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Dr. Dan said:
For anyone who thinks this is no big deal:

Please see Section K bullet point 3 found on pages 16 and 17 
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That bullet point is broadly written enough to include fantasy sports participation and many NFL players openly participate in Fantasy Football...

 
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Rove! said:
That bullet point is braoadly written enough to include fantasy sports participation and many NFL players openly participate in Fantasy Football...
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I've addressed both of those points in prior postings. Players can do fantasy as long as it doesnt include payouts of larger than 250

The NFLs gambling policy is linked above  your post 

 
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Dr. Dan said:
I've addressed both of those points in prior postings. Players can do fantasy as long as it doesnt include payouts of larger than 250

The NFLs gambling policy is linked above  your post 
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Are you in agreement it’s a non factor for this season if it is punished or investigated ?

 
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How come I haven't seen a sleeperbot alert or any other media on this?  Non-issue or fake news?  Probably gonna keep Yeldon regardless.

 
SCT said:
How come I haven't seen a sleeperbot alert or any other media on this?  Non-issue or fake news?  Probably gonna keep Yeldon regardless.
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It’s absolutley genuine and one of the tweets was taken down all ready.  Also it’s pretty clear he had a bet with this rapper.  That being said I’m stunned it’s not being picked up which makes me comfortable this may be a non issue. I draft tonight so sure hope so

 
Has anyone posted an article about this even being a blip on the radar? Seems like FBG’s trying to make a deal about a non story.

 
Bojang0301 said:
Has anyone posted an article about this even being a blip on the radar? Seems like FBG’s trying to make a deal about a non story.
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I haven't. Thread seems irresponsible with drafts happening. I mean, I saw the post, but who knows what it was about. The guy was just made a captain of the Jags. Would be nice to have some real corroboration that this is an issue instead of conjecture.

 
This is a major issue... if the media decides to go nuts about it.

It's a total non issue if the media ignores it.

If there is a video out there of him participating in gambling that the media can cite 7 million times -- big trouble :)

 
Sure looks like a deny, deny, deny situation to me. Even if he did bet it’s not like he couldn’t flash that much money as a troll. 

 
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