The Washington Redskins is a professional football team headquartered in Washington. The team competes in the NFL or National Football League as a part of the East Division of the National Football Conference. The Washington Redskins team plays its home matches at FedExField located in Landover, Maryland while its training facility is situated at Inova Sports Performance Center in Ashburn, Virginia.

Since its inception in 1932, the Washington Redskins team has played over one thousand matches. Moreover, it is one of just five National Football League’s franchises to record over six hundred season and postseason winnings. During the team’s extraordinary performance in the NFL, the Redskins have won five National Football League Championships including three in Super Bowls. Moreover, the Redskins team has also captured fourteen six conferences and fourteen divisional championships.

The Redskins Looking to Redevelop the FedExField in Landover      

As reported recently, the Washington Redskins franchise is hoping to tempt Virginia or Maryland legislators into legalizing sports betting activities mainly as a part of arrangements for the team’s new stadium. As mentioned at the beginning, the team plays its home matches at the FedExField located in the Maryland area of Landover since 1997, but it is now looking for ways to either redevelop this aging stadium or to move to a brand new site located on the side of the Potomac River, the state of Virginia.

According to The Washington Post news outlet, the owner of the Washington Redskins franchise, Dan Snyder has already met with Maryland legislators. At this meeting, he proposed his plan which includes building a brand new stadium on two hundred and fifty acres of land that he owns close to the Redskins’ Prince George’s County property.

The fifty-five-year-old owner of the Redskins has also revealed that he envisioned this facility serving as the hub for a year-around development focusing on entertainment which would feature different practice facilities alongside the franchise’s corporate headquarters, a number of restaurants and hotels.

Dan Snyder Hoping to Bring Legalized Sports Betting to Maryland

Even though the state of Maryland has not legalized sports betting activities, the Washington Post news outlet revealed that Dan Snyder hopes to leverage the possibility of a new stadium for the Redskins in exchange for being legally allowed to open and operate a sportsbook. To spice this proposed business deal, the National Football League side has also agreed to allow minority-owned partners to operate this envisioned sports betting venue.

As reported by the same news outlet, the Washington Redskins’ lobbyist Justin Ross told the Maryland House of Representatives committee that the franchise and the team need a sports betting license so that the Redskins can compete for right way with other sports teams active in this area such as the Washington Nationals of MLB that plays its home matches at National Parks.

This massive 41,300-seat facility is situated in the District of Columbia and it may soon be able to benefit from new legislation by opening its on-site sportsbook. The capital city also plays host to the Washington Capitals which compete in the National Hockey League as well as to DC United which competes in the Major League Soccer. According to the owner of the Washington Redskins franchise, the team’s new stadium with a sportsbook included could definitely reinvigorate the Redskins team which has not enjoyed much success since 1991 when it won Super Bowl XXVI.

The National Football League or the NFL has recently reported that one of Arizona Cardinals’ players was suspended indefinitely through this season after he was caught wagering on NFL games. The player is Josh Shaw who was found adjudged of violating the National Football league’s rules on betting and sports wagering.

According to one report released by Forbes several days ago, Josh Shaw signed a contract with Arizona Cardinals worth around $895K in March of this year. However, since he has been suspended, he will be forced to stay on the bench for months at least until February of 2021 which is a long time for any player.

Josh Shaw’s Professional Career

Josh Shaw was born on the 27^th of March 1992. He players as an NFL defensive back. Before joining the Arizona Cardinals, Josh used to play college football for the University of Southern California. During his high school days, he used to play as a wide receiver, quarterback and cornerback. As a senior player, he had fifty tackles.

When it comes to his career as a professional player, after coming out of the University of Southern California, Josh Shaw was invited to the National Football League’s combine where he completed all of the mandatory positional and combine drills. Back in March of 2015, Josh Shaw participated at the University of Southern California pro day where he was ranked the eleventh best cornerback.

That same year in May, the Cincinnati Bengals drafted Josh Shaw soon in the fourth round. He signed with the Cincinnati Bengals that same month. Almost three years later, Josh Shaw was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs where he stayed until November 2018 when he was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before signing a one-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals in March of 2019.

After joining the Arizona Cardinals, Josh suffered a serious shoulder injury which placed him on the team’s injured reserve bench. Several days ago, on the 29^th of November, the National Football League’s Commissioner Roger Goodell decided to suspend Josh Shaw at least through the end of the NFL 2020 season for wagering on NFL games.

Extensive Internal Investigation Conducted

As reported by Forbes, Josh Shaw was penalized after an extensive, internal investigation had determined that Josh Shaw had placed wagers on several professional football games. According to the National Football League’s officials, there is no indication that the twenty-seven-year-old Arizona Cardinals’ player had benefited from any kind of inside info. It was also reported that there is no evidence that any recent NFL games had been compromised in any way.

According to the NFL’s officials, no other NFL player had been implicated in this matter. As of today, Josh Shaw is the fourth National Football League player who has been suspended and penalized for violating the organization’s rules. He is also the first NFL player who has been penalized for violating the organization’s rules since the revocation of one of the PASPA or Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act.

Forbes revealed that the NFL’s Commissioner Roger Goodell decided not to share information about how much money Josh Shaw had wagered on NFL games. Mr. Goodell also decided not to share information on where Josh Shaw had placed his wagers as in his opinion this piece of information is rather irrelevant when compared to the bigger concern related to Josh Shaw’s misconduct.