03/07/2022 - Best of The Odd Couple
The Odd Couple with Rob Parker & Kelvin Washington
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4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Chris and Rob use the Calvin Ridley suspension as a backdrop to debate whether or not active NFL players should be allowed to gamble on games, and tell us why they disagree with Lamar Jackson when he says there's still a stigma against black quarterbacks in the NFL. Plus, rapper, actor and BIG3 founder Ice Cube swings by the Celebrity Corner to discuss gambling in sports, what's gone wrong for the Los Angeles Lakers, why he'd like to see the BIG3 partner with the NBA the same way the XFL is partnering with the NFL, and much more!
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| 0:00.0 | Thanks for listening to the best of the Odd Couple podcast be sure to catch us live every weekday |
| 0:05.9 | from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern for to 7 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. Find your local station for |
| 0:12.8 | the Odd Couple at Fox Sports Radio dot com or stream us live every day on the I Heart Radio app |
| 0:20.1 | by searching FSR. You're listening to the best of the Odd Couple with Chris Musa and Rob Parker. |
| 0:31.2 | It's obvious what the lead is today. There's no ifsams or butts about it. The NFL has suspended |
| 0:38.9 | Calvin Ridley, the wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons for all of next season. At least it could |
| 0:45.4 | be longer for gambling on NFL games. Now here's what the story says all the stories that when he |
| 0:55.2 | was away from the team, remember he went away. He had a nine football injury and mental health |
| 1:01.2 | health issues. And while he was away during a five game stretch in November, the league is saying |
| 1:09.0 | he gambled on games, not on Falcons games. According to them, you know, I thought it wasn't one of |
| 1:18.2 | them. No, and a parlay. It was a parlay. Oh, no, you're right. It didn't include the Falcons. |
| 1:24.5 | Yeah, I was a big thing. It was a parlay. Yeah. So, and Falcons were including that. He bet on |
| 1:31.4 | him the win, but it's still was included in a parlay. That's just remember that point. That's |
| 1:37.6 | right. And he, uh, he said on Twitter after the suspension apparently cooperated with the league. |
| 1:44.3 | And he tweeted this out, Rob, um, that he bet $1,500 total. And he said, I don't have a gambling |
| 1:54.6 | problem. So there you have it. What are your thoughts? All right. I'm the different guy in the room. |
| 2:00.3 | I think the NFL should allow players to gamble on football. I know Chris, people are saying, |
| 2:10.0 | I'm crazy. Right. But, but I do believe this because as we go forward, I, here's the problem I have. |
| 2:18.5 | The NFL is in bed with gambling. Come on. Stop. They're in bed. It's all out there. Chris, |
| 2:27.2 | it's legal in a lot of states. Your fans can bet that talking about having gambling apparatuses |
| 2:33.6 | in, uh, and the stadiums eventually, right? You could bet during the game. All kinds of stuff. |
| 2:40.0 | And all I'm saying is you can't be against gambling, but take the gambling houses money. You, |
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