Jets Coach Suspended for Gambling

New York Jets wide receiver coach Miles Austin III has been suspended for violating the league’s gambling policy. Multiple media reports broke the news last week less than 24 hours after the Jets suffered a loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. Austin, 38, was not on with the team for the Thursday night game. According to ESPN, Austin’s suspension is for at least one year. But the former player is appealing the decision. The suspension resulted from wagering from a legal mobile account on table games and non-NFL professional sports.

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Austin joined coach Robert Saleh’s staff as the receivers coach last season after serving as a quality control coach for the San Francisco 49ers in 2019. Before that, he was a scout for the Dallas Cowboys. Austin had a 10-year pro career and was a two-time Pro Bowl player before retiring after the 2015 season.

NFL rules prohibit any league personnel from betting on league games and events. In addition, all personnel except for players cannot wager on another professional, major collegiate, and global sporting events. All league personnel can visit casinos and racetracks and bet there. While Austin is the first coach to be suspended for gambling violations, the league has taken action against a couple of players in the last couple of years.

In December 2019, the league suspended then-Arizona Cardinals defensive back Josh Shaw for placing bets on league games. The NFL found that Shaw went to a Caesars Sportsbook in Las Vegas a month before and put a parlay bet that included a wager against the Cardinals. The team placed Shaw on injured reserve before the season started. He had not been with the team when he made his bets. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell suspended Shaw through the 2020 season. The league reinstated Shaw on March 20, 2021. However, no team has signed Shaw since then.

This past March, the NFL announced an indefinite suspension for then-Atlanta Falcons receiver Calvin Ridley after it learned he bet on pro football games during the 2021 season. Ridley made his bets while away from the team and on the non-football illness list. On Halloween 2021, Ridley tweeted that he needed to step away from the game and focus on his mental health. Ridley, who caught 90 passes for 1,374 yards and nine scores during the 2020 season, can seek reinstatement after this NFL season ends in February. Last month, the Falcons traded him to the Jaguars.

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