Colt player suspended for season, possibly Rodgers

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by AlwaysSunnyinIndy

According to Schefter, the latest round of suspensions related to gambling will be finalized this week. He also notes that there will be multiple NFL players receiving a full season suspension (hopefully no other Colts besides Rodgers)


https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/sta...94126802042880


https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/sta...99797748219904

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If Rodgers gets a one-year suspension, as Schefter infers, then he is very fortunate.

I hope that he is back with the Colts for the 2024 season.

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[nate505]

Sounds like he wasn't the only one.

Personally I think it's a good punishment. It's severe, but not career ending unless he gets blackballed or something. I hope he doesn't though. I feel like players have done a lot worse in life, though like in life the more talented you are the more you can get away with stuff.

Once he serves his suspension I wouldn't care if he came back to the Colts.

[Oldcolt]

Agree that this makes sense. Severe but not career threatening. Hopefully he gets some help, gets a hold of a great trainer and comes back with intensity next year. I want him back here if possible. He is a decent corner and you cannot have enough of them

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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If Rodgers gets a one-year suspension, as Schefter infers, then he is very fortunate.

I hope that he is back with the Colts for the 2024 season.

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The prior suspensions for Ridley, Moore, Cephus and Toney were announced as indefinite suspensions with a minimum length of one year.

The player then has to apply for re-instatement.

Ridley applied for re-instatement on the first day that he was eligible and was granted re-instatement after only one suspended season.

[JAFF]

Colts' Isaiah Rodgers, two other NFL players receive indefinite suspensions for gambling violations

[JAFF]

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profoo...ost-importance

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

Rodgers gave his first interview since he was suspended. You can read the full article via the link below. I have excerpted a few items from the article:

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...re-made-others

Rodgers said the wagers, including some smaller ones and a $1,000 prop bet, were placed from his online sports gambling account. He said they were made for people who lived in Florida, where online sports betting at that time remained illegal.

"Just trying to help friends and family out, just knowing that it wasn't legal at the time in Florida and it was in Indiana," Rodgers told ESPN.

"At the end of the day I knew the rules, I wasn't supposed to do it and I got to take what comes with it," Rodgers said.

Rodgers was asked why he would jeopardize the $850,000 salary he was set to earn during the 2023-24 season.

"I questioned myself, too," Rodgers told ESPN. "But I thought I probably wouldn't get caught, wouldn't get in trouble."

He said he had known for months that the suspension was coming -- first hearing from his agent in late February or early March that he was under investigation by the NFL -- but he kept the news to himself.

[albany ed]

Way back in the 60's, Paul Hornung and Alex Karras were suspended for a year for gambling. They were gambling with illegal bookies, so the chances of being compromised were greater than Roger' online betting. When they returned, they both renewed fine careers. Can Rogers do the same? Let's hope so.

[njcoltfan]

Originally Posted by albany ed

Way back in the 60's, Paul Hornung and Alex Karras were suspended for a year for gambling. They were gambling with illegal bookies, so the chances of being compromised were greater than Roger' online betting. When they returned, they both renewed fine careers. Can Rogers do the same? Let's hope so.

I thought the Colt's released Rodgers.

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

Originally Posted by njcoltfan

I thought the Colt's released Rodgers.

Yeah, he was released by the Colts and then signed with the Eagles.