Arizona Cardinals Director of College Scouting to appeal suspension

Seth CoxMon, July 20, 2026 at 2:47 AM UTC·1 min read

Well it’s been a week, and it’s only Sunday.

After Friday’s news cycle of the Arizona Cardinals Director of College Scouting Ryan Gold being indefinitely suspended by the NFL, Gold is already firing back.

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“Ryan Gold has been an outstanding NFL executive for over a decade,” Gold’s attorney, Mike Caspino, told ESPN on Sunday. “The accusations made by the league regarding his participation in prohibited gambling activities are blatantly false. We have demanded an appeal and we look forward to clearing his good name.”

What is interesting is the silence from the Arizona Cardinals point of view.

Letting the league take the lead allows them to basically sit back and watch how this unfolds while trying to maintain the middle ground of, not our call.

Gold’s insistence is that his wife was placing weekly $10 bets with high school friends:

All this to say… why isn’t the Jacoby Brissett situation handled yet?