Cardinals CB Josh Shaw has been suspended indefinitely for "betting on NFL games" and will be ineligible at least through the '20 season. The NFL in a statement said that Shaw has "bet on NFL games on multiple occasions." An investigation "uncovered that no evidence indicating any inside information was used or that any game was compromised.” There also was no evidence “suggesting any awareness by teammates, coaches or other players of his betting activity." The last NFLer suspended for betting was Colts QB Art Schlichter in '83 (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 11/30). Betting on football is "one of 10 restrictions on legal gambling that the NFL laid out in its gambling policy" (ESPN.com, 11/30). The NFL "took a hard line with Shaw," whose gambling suspension "comes as the league has begun to shed many of its longstanding prohibitions against associating with the gambling industry" (N.Y. TIMES, 11/30).
Sources said that Shaw, who is on IR, "went to a Las Vegas casino this fall along with close friends from high school and placed sports bets for the first time based on a misinterpreted understanding" of the Supreme Court ruling on sports betting. He "used his own player card and ID." Shaw flew to N.Y. "immediately upon notice to meet with league officials and cooperated fully" (NFL.com, 11/30).
