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Calvin Ridley is not wasting any time.

After being suspended for the entire 2022 season for gambling on NFL games, Ridley is applying for reinstatement on Wednesday, according to multiple reports.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20...statement/

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https://twitter.com/CalvinRidley1/status...64801?s=20

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Good lad... Hope they let him back el rapido!I

If they don't frankly Goodell can swing one, If 'betting is against the rules fine give the young man a ban, ... But he's served his time, he should be back... If he isn't the suits have a massive question to answer as to why they're holding him out when they're happy year after year to wave through fellas with minimal suspensions for p.e.d's in a league with a considerable brain injury crisis! I know which one most rational folk would consider more suspension worthy!

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I have a hard time believing the Jags made this trade without the *wink wink* guarantee from Goodell that he would be reinstated.

He applied so now we just wait for Goodell to give him the go ahead.

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How long until the league allows him to be re-instated? Would they hold it up for any reason?

https://twitter.com/_John_Shipley/status...0800764959

His follow up tweet says he thinks after the Combine, so it'll probably be a couple weeks before he's re-instated.  Haven't seen any have any real concerns that it won't happen, or that it will be delayed significantly.

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He will be reinstated;NFL is just dragging their feet as they do with most things.

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How long until the league allows him to be re-instated? Would they hold it up for any reason?

In Goodell's suspension letter to Ridley, the commissioner indicated "gambling on NFL games has been considered among the most significant violations of league policy warranting the most substantial action."  He gave him an "indefinite" suspension, not a 1 year or X number of games stated duration, with the ability to reapply for reinstatement today, 2/15/2023.  We all assume that Ridley's ability to reapply today means that it was a 1 year suspension, but it is no guaranty, especially given the integrity of the game violation.

Obviously it’s much worse than sexual assault with multiple massage therapists.  

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In Goodell's suspension letter to Ridley, the commissioner indicated "gambling on NFL games has been considered among the most significant violations of league policy warranting the most substantial action."  He gave him an "indefinite" suspension, not a 1 year or X number of games stated duration, with the ability to reapply for reinstatement today, 2/15/2023.  We all assume that Ridley's ability to reapply today means that it was a 1 year suspension, but it is no guaranty, especially given the integrity of the game violation.

Obviously it’s much worse than sexual assault with multiple massage therapists.  

How severe a charge would gambling on games while getting diddled by a massage therapist be?

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"Remember Red, Hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies."  - Andy Dufresne, The Shawshank Redemption

In Goodell's suspension letter to Ridley, the commissioner indicated "gambling on NFL games has been considered among the most significant violations of league policy warranting the most substantial action."  He gave him an "indefinite" suspension, not a 1 year or X number of games stated duration, with the ability to reapply for reinstatement today, 2/15/2023.  We all assume that Ridley's ability to reapply today means that it was a 1 year suspension, but it is no guaranty, especially given the integrity of the game violation.

Obviously it’s much worse than sexual assault with multiple massage therapists.  

...or beating your wife 

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Obviously it’s much worse than sexual assault with multiple massage therapists.  

How severe a charge would gambling on games while getting diddled by a massage therapist be?

Indefinite plus 11 give or take a few weeks if they are playing the team he was previously playing for

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What makes this suspension look even that much worse (besides comparing it to Watson's etc) is how hard the NFL is pushing online sports betting. They're literally in bed with Draft Kings etc.

I get that they don't want players betting on the games, but dude wasn't even with the team and the bet he placed was like 12 weeks after he left due to his mental. Wasn't around the team for months and had zero impact on the game in any way.

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Well if hes a real jaguars WR like Justin Blackmon he will never be given even a chance to play while another WR (Josh Gordon) does the same thing and gets 45 chances.

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Well if hes a real jaguars WR like Justin Blackmon he will never be given even a chance to play while another WR (Josh Gordon) does the same thing and gets 45 chances.

Blackmon didn't want to play anymore, he never applied to be reinstated. He would have gotten more chances if he wanted them.

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Well if hes a real jaguars WR like Justin Blackmon he will never be given even a chance to play while another WR (Josh Gordon) does the same thing and gets 45 chances.

Blackmon didn't want to play anymore, he never applied to be reinstated. He would have gotten more chances if he wanted them.

Exactly.  Blackmon never attempted to be reinstated.

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What makes this suspension look even that much worse (besides comparing it to Watson's etc) is how hard the NFL is pushing online sports betting. They're literally in bed with Draft Kings etc.

I get that they don't want players betting on the games, but dude wasn't even with the team and the bet he placed was like 12 weeks after he left due to his mental. Wasn't around the team for months and had zero impact on the game in any way.

This duplicity reminds me of the NFL policy on not allowing a person to bring alcohol into the stadium but happily selling NFL licensed plastic Jaguars flasks.

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The conspiracy theorist in me thinks that the suspension will be upheld because it was the Jags who traded for him, and if he had joined the Chiefs it would be uplifted.

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The conspiracy theorist in me thinks that the suspension will be upheld because it was the Jags who traded for him, and if he had joined the Chiefs it would be uplifted.

Read my mind

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The conspiracy theorist in me thinks that the suspension will be upheld because it was the Jags who traded for him, and if he had joined the Chiefs it would be uplifted.

Naw I think it's all but certain that he'll be reinstated, but the question will be when?

The Combine is less than 2 weeks away and Free Agency opens on March 15th. Maybe sometime between the Combine and FA? Wouldn't be surprised if the NFL waited until after FA though just to be [BLEEP] hats about it.

Also, when he does get reinstated, he'll instantly become part of the 90 man roster and will be able to have contact with the team (coaches etc).

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The conspiracy theorist in me thinks that the suspension will be upheld because it was the Jags who traded for him, and if he had joined the Chiefs it would be uplifted.

I was thinking this very same thing.

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What makes this suspension look even that much worse (besides comparing it to Watson's etc) is how hard the NFL is pushing online sports betting. They're literally in bed with Draft Kings etc.

I get that they don't want players betting on the games, but dude wasn't even with the team and the bet he placed was like 12 weeks after he left due to his mental. Wasn't around the team for months and had zero impact on the game in any way.

This duplicity reminds me of the NFL policy on not allowing a person to bring alcohol into the stadium but happily selling NFL licensed plastic Jaguars flasks.

It's ALL about the money.

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