re: Raptors Jontay Porter has been banned for life for gambling

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NFL should be doing the same. Lifetime bans

If they truly want it to stop then absolutely

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I have always wondered if NFL players gambling is as much of a thing. It a lot easier to manipulate a game with the ball in your hands/guarding a guy with the ball say a QB to throw a game. And with the money they pay skill position players, it would have to be a very large bet for him to take the risk. Then again, its not like these guys have an accounting degree, and one timely fumble by an underpaid, over the hill RB, or missed FG by a kicker could definitely affect the outcome of the game.

I also may be naïve, but while I could see a player using information to bet ON his team, I have hard time believing they would bet against their team/throw a game.