Josh Shaw has dropped the appeal of his gambling suspension, per Josh Alper of Pro Football Talk. ESPN’s David Purdum had previously reported that the Cardinals defensive back would appeal the ban, but Shaw has obviously changed his mind.
We learned at the end of November that the 27-year-old allegedly made a three-team parlay bet on Nov. 10 at Caesars Sportsbook. Shaw’s bet included three Week 10 games’ second halves, including a Cardinals-Buccaneers contest. The wager is not believed to have been successful. Nevertheless, Caesars contacted the Nevada State Gaming Control Board later on Nov. 10 and subsequently alerted the NFL.
Shaw was hit with a suspension that will last through the 2020 campaign, as the NFL strictly prohibits all personnel from betting on NFL games. He will be eligible to apply for reinstatement in February 2021.
The former Chiefs and Bengals DB signed a one-year deal with the Cardinals in the offseason. The fifth-year veteran has been on Arizona’s IR list all season, and he is not believed to have spent time with the team during that span (which is important in regards to inside information and the compromising of NFL games). However, his chances of returning to the league obviously took a major hit with these recent developments. The most recent known NFLer suspended for gambling on an NFL game while active was Ravens rookie quarterback John Stark in 1996. He did not return to the league.
Wasn’t this the guy that lied about getting injured saving his drowning nephew when in reality he was running from police?
Sounds quite a bit like Ned Beatty in the movie “Deliverance”.
Sorry bud. This was stupid to an amazing degree. Sadly for him he isn’t the type of talent that will lead to teams taking a risk on this numbskull. And he lost the bet lmao
Good luck with that!
Yeaaaaaahhh, sorry buddy. That’s not gonna work.
Somehow being a Cardinals fan with the 2 drunks in the front office Steve “ one more” Keim the other goofball somehow this now all seems normal for Cardinals fans. Call us the “ Raiders East”. No wait a minute , the Raiders aren’t this embarrassing anymore.
Now all Shaw has to do is find a sportsbook offering odds on him winning this appeal and bet heavily against himself. He will recover all the money he lost on his previous bet…lol.
I know you’re joking, but that seems illegal in some way. Not quite insider trading, but the equivalent in the gambling world.
The guy bet against his own team. What can possibly be his reason for the appeal? That he is stupid?
He doesn’t have anything to lose by trying to get the length of the suspension shortened. His defense will be that he was not in a position to influence the outcome of the games and that he had no inside information (which seems pretty obvious since his bets were losing ones).
Sounds Bush-League by Caesar’s.
They aren’t going to do or ignore anything that will jeopardize their gaming license. Not bush league at all, the have laws to follow, and he broke one. They alerted the gaming commission which is their responsibility.
NFL rules aren’t laws.
Soccer rules are
I bet his appeal get denied
Naturally. Goodell will make an example of this player then strut around like a rooster crowing about how effectively he is protecting the “integrity of the game”. Simultaneously he will turn a blind eye to the inept officiating of games that threatens that same integrity.
Pretty sure one assignment I would NOT want if I was an NFL ref would be working a game in Las Vegas.
You will never be held accountable if you go along with other members of the officiating crew and follow the script. Goodell knows he can’t beat the zebras union (he suffered a huge fan backlash the last time he tried to use replacement officials) so he simply tries to manipulate the process now.
Honestly, I would bet against the Cardinals too
well he should he another chance. look at all the third chances Gordon got that he shouldn’t have gotten