Ravens GM Eric DeCosta issues ‘very clear’ warning to players about gambling

As playing turns into a bigger problem throughout the NFL, league officers are trying to find methods to make sure gamers perceive the principles.

A number of gamers have been suspended in latest months, with the NFL probably investigating others. Calvin Ridley is without doubt one of the notable gamers who has been punished for playing. He warned other players in regards to the risks of defying the league’s playing insurance policies.

Earlier this week, the league tried to fortify its stance on gamers participating in sports activities playing by introducing six “key rules” about wagering. However Eric DeCosta, the Baltimore Ravens common supervisor, determined to take issues one step additional by making a direct enchantment to the gamers on Baltimore’s roster.

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Common supervisor Eric DeCosta of the Baltimore Ravens speaks to the media throughout the NFL Mix at Lucas Oil Stadium on March 1, 2023 in Indianapolis. (Justin Casterline/Getty Pictures)

In line with the Baltimore Solar, DeCosta opened the Ravens minicamp classes by “laying out the small print of the NFL’s prohibition towards playing and emphasizing the severity of potential penalties.”

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Partnerships with playing corporations has solely grown throughout the NFL, and the Ravens are getting into the second 12 months of a take care of BetMGM.

Ravens head coach Jim Harbaugh stated he hoped that DeCosta’s private enchantment despatched a transparent message to the gamers.

5 gamers have been suspended this offseason for playing, with a sixth on the way in which. (Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Pictures/LightRocket through Getty Pictures)

“It does concern you that it’s not at all times too clear,” Harbaugh stated. “The clearest factor could be [to] simply keep away from it, however guys are going to be on trip, and so they could play blackjack or no matter, there’s nothing unsuitable with that, in the event that they do this.”

“However it is extremely clear by way of sports activities playing, by way of the place you will be throughout the season, these sorts of issues, and by way of not betting on soccer, interval, finish of story. That’s fairly darn clear.”

The NFL emblem is seen on the sphere previous to a recreation between the Inexperienced Bay Packers and Miami Dolphins at Arduous Rock Stadium on December 25, 2022 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Megan Briggs/Getty Pictures)

Except for Ridley’s season-long suspension, Detroit Lions vast receiver Jameson Williams will miss the primary six video games of the upcoming season after he positioned bets on non-NFL occasions.

Ravens gamers Marlon Humphrey and Ronnie Stanley expressed appreciation for DeCosta’s efforts.

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“I don’t assume it issues me,” Stanley stated. “There could be an absence of readability, however I don’t assume so. Due to all of the totally different guidelines between playing, all of the totally different websites, fantasy – I feel guys, particularly within the newer technology, most likely get slightly bit extra confused about what they’ll and may’t do. However I do know the league and [NFLPA], they attempt to have these conferences to make it possible for now we have a full understanding of issues that we will and may’t gamble on.”