Boomer Esiason blasts NFL players saying they're not aware of gambling rules: 'That's a pile of crap'

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Gambling in the NFL has become a hot topic this offseason, especially after the NFL announced three players’ indefinite suspensions after betting on league games in 2022, among other violations. 

And like many others, former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason can’t believe it’s come to this. 

"Any player that comes out and says, ‘Well, they didn’t tell me,’ that’s a pile of crap," Esiason said bluntly on WFAN Thursday morning with the announcement from the league coming soon after. 

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WFAN Host Norman Julius "Boomer" Esiason wearing his NY Rangers jersey.  (Marcus Santos/NY Daily News via Getty Images)

"It’s on the player to be the professional that you’re supposed to be and earn the money that you’re earning and play in a league that you’re privileged to play in and protect that league’s integrity by not betting on the league."

The league has a strict policy when it comes to gambling: No betting on NFL games, no betting on any sport while at the team’s facility or hotels on the road, no bets from anyone outside of the organization for the player, no entering sportsbooks during the NFL season and no daily fantasy football player. 

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"For the players out there saying, ‘I don’t know the rules,’ that’s BS," Esiason said. "I do know that the NFLPA should be putting it into their union members’ heads, ‘You can’t do this. Here are the rules, we’ll send them to you a thousand different ways. Email, text, TikTok, social media, whatever the hell else. DMs, we’ll slide into your DMs with the rules so you know what the