NFL fortifying efforts of gambling policy to players, focusing on 6 'key rules'

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After a slew of suspensions since last year, the NFL is reinforcing its efforts in their gambling policy.

Jacksonville Jaguars receiver Calvin Ridley became the poster boy last year when he was suspended during the entire 2022 season for betting on the NFL. Earlier this year, four members of the 2022 Detroit Lions were hit with suspensions varying from six games to at least a full season.

However, the NFL held a conference call with media on Tuesday, announcing some changes and putting emphasis on rules already in place.

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The NFL logo is emblazoned across the middle of the field at SoFi Stadium. (Maximilian Haupt/picture alliance via Getty Images)

The league said it is honing in on six "key rules" involving players:

"The world has changed over the last few years," Jeff Miller, NFL executive vice president of communications, public affairs and policy, said in a media availability Tuesday.

"So, sports gambling has a great deal more presence in people's lives than it did just a few short years ago, which means for us as [a] sports league -- where integrity of the game is the highest single principle -- that we have to be thoughtful and careful and scrutinize how we share information and educate people around the rules that govern it."

Five players have been suspended this offseason for gambling, with a sixth on the way. (Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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"A couple of touches and all of a sudden, you can place a bet on many different things," Miller said, via The Athletic. "It comes