Tony Clark

The safety and well-being of our players has always been paramount.

And that's what you heard me say as soon as Passport was repealed and gambling became legal.

That hasn't changed.

Since that time, we obviously have a security director ourselves.

We work closely with the league to ensure the safety and well-being of our players.

So that remains front and center here.

That along with the educating of our players, making sure that they understand what they can and can't do is consistent and constant.

But rest assured, every time there's a situation that arises related to gambling,

the concern doesn't lessen, it gets greater.

There's a lot of work to be done and a lot of dialogue to continue to be had.

But the idea that our players are voicing those concerns is not a surprise to us.

We're in support of removing any types of...

bets, props or otherwise, that can create issues for our guys on the field as you just highlighted.

We've heard a lot about prop bets and it was one of the things we were concerned about from day one as well.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

And even from day one, I'll share a story.

At the point in time Haspel was repealed and gambling became legalized in the states that it did, we had players within 24 hours reach out and suggest they were suddenly being followed by gambling sites and other entities.

It's just a different world.