Broncos DE Eyioma Uwazurike Suspended For Betting On Games

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:02 - Okay, so back to the NFL we go.

00:05 Mike, I thought that the sports betting stories

00:08 were at least over for the time being

00:09 with players getting caught betting on the NFL,

00:12 but the Broncos now find themselves in a similar position

00:16 as their defensive end has been caught

00:19 betting on games last year.

00:20 - Yeah, Craig, again, 10th player this year, I believe,

00:25 suspended by the NFL for gambling.

00:27 Olazareke, you know, fourth round pick, played a little bit

00:30 last year, again, you think a second year for him

00:32 potentially can make a jump, get more time on the field,

00:35 but now having to sit out minimum one year here

00:37 for betting on NFL games.

00:39 Craig, as you know, the NFL continues to be hampered by this.

00:43 You'd like them to say at some point,

00:45 yeah, we're done with cases from last season,

00:46 because again, that's what these cases are.

00:48 A lot of it was players betting on non-NFL games

00:51 at the practice facility, and this is that worst case,

00:53 right, this is what the NFL just doesn't want guys

00:55 betting on, the NFL itself.

00:58 We don't know if he bet on the Broncos games

00:59 or he bet on other teams, but either way,

01:01 it's a no-no in the NFL, so it's gonna cost him

01:03 at least one year and cost him money

01:06 and potentially playing time, and who knows long-term

01:09 what the ramifications are just for him,

01:11 but again, for the league, you know,

01:12 with all these sports book partnerships

01:14 and people wondering, you know, how is this possible

01:16 the league could take this gambling money

01:17 and for these integrity issues to keep arising,

01:20 you know, just really bad news.

01:21 And again, you hope at some point the NFL says,

01:24 okay, we're done with 2022, you know,

01:25 we've got these education programs in place.

01:27 The players know, you cannot bet on the NFL,

01:29 you can't bet at work, you know,

01:31 these are easy things to know.

01:33 No player should be taking this risk, it's stupid,

01:37 you know, for this kid to, at 25, you know,

01:39 to be in this spot.

01:41 If you're not a star, you know, we saw Calvin Ridley,

01:43 we've seen stars get hit with this.

01:44 Calvin Ridley's back with another team, you know,

01:46 we'll have an opportunity, but if you're a fringe player,

01:48 this is just stupid.

01:49 I mean, no matter who you are,

01:50 whether you're the wide receivers coach, you know,

01:52 Miles Austin got hit with the Jets,

01:53 who knows what his ambitions were.

01:55 Now he's got that stain on his resume.

01:56 So yeah, I mean, you just, you don't want to see this stuff

01:59 and hopefully the NFL can clean this up.

02:01 And, you know, eventually these cases from 22 go away

02:03 and we can move on.

02:04 But again, it's unfortunate for the league

02:06 to continue to have to deal with this.

02:08 And it's just a bad look, it's bad optics.

02:10 There's just no, you know, two ways about it.

02:12 It's not good.

02:14 (upbeat music)

02:16 (bells chiming)

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