Boomer Esiason blasts NFL players saying they’re not aware of gambling rules: ‘That’s a pile of crap’

Gambling in the NFL has change into a scorching subject this offseason, particularly after the NFL introduced three gamers’ indefinite suspensions after betting on league video games in 2022, amongst different violations. 

And like many others, former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason can’t consider it’s come to this. 

“Any participant that comes out and says, ‘Properly, they didn’t inform me,’ that’s a pile of crap,” Esiason stated bluntly on WFAN Thursday morning with the announcement from the league coming quickly after. 

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WFAN Host Norman Julius “Boomer” Esiason sporting his NY Rangers jersey.  (Marcus Santos/NY Each day Information by way of Getty Pictures)

“It’s on the participant to be the skilled that you just’re imagined to be and earn the cash that you just’re incomes and play in a league that you just’re privileged to play in and defend that league’s integrity by not betting on the league.”

The league has a strict coverage in relation to playing: No betting on NFL video games, no betting on any sport whereas on the crew’s facility or motels on the highway, no bets from anybody outdoors of the group for the participant, no getting into sportsbooks in the course of the NFL season and no day by day fantasy soccer participant. 

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“For the gamers on the market saying, ‘I don’t know the foundations,’ that’s BS,” Esiason stated. “I do know that the NFLPA needs to be placing it into their union members’ heads, ‘You’ll be able to’t do that. Listed here are the foundations, we’ll ship them to you a thousand other ways. E-mail, textual content, TikTok, social media, regardless of the hell else. DMs, we’ll slide into your DMs with the foundations so you already know what the hell is happening, as a result of that’s the place you spend most of your day anyway, in your freaking telephone.’”

Esiason added that the 2 New York organizations, the Jets and Giants, had conferences throughout OTAs and minicamps concerning the playing guidelines. 

Indianapolis Colts gamers Isaiah Rodgers and Rashod Berry, in addition to free agent Demetrius Taylor, have been slapped with indefinite suspensions for violating the NFL’s playing coverage, which was introduced Thursday by the league. Tennessee Titans offensive deal with Nicholas Petit-Frere was additionally docked six video games, in response to Thursday’s announcement, for betting on “non-NFL sports activities on the membership facility,” which is a transparent violation of the league’s coverage. 

Isaiah Rodgers, #34 of the Indianapolis Colts, walks off the sphere within the recreation towards the Tennessee Titans at Lucas Oil Stadium on October 2, 2022, in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Justin Casterline/Getty Pictures)

Rodgers, a 25-year-old cornerback, admitted to his “error in judgment” earlier this month after studies stated he had made bets.

“I do know I’ve made errors and I’m prepared to do no matter it takes to restore the scenario. The very last thing I ever needed to do was to be a distraction to the Colts group, my coaches, and my teammates. I’ve let individuals down that I care about,” Rodgers wrote. 

The Detroit Lions additionally had suspensions come their method, with large receiver Jameson Williams receiving a six-game suspension to start out the 2023 marketing campaign. 

And there was Jacksonville Jaguars receiver Calvin Ridley, who was simply reinstated this previous March after being suspended for playing whereas on depart from the Atlanta Falcons. 

Boomer Esiason attends the 2022 Paramount Upfront at 666 Madison Avenue on Might 18, 2022, in New York Metropolis. (Arturo Holmes/WireImage)

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Although playing has change into a serious a part of sports activities typically in the US as extra states legalize betting, the NFL is hoping there can be no extra situations like this.