[NU Sports] gambling and college athletes

[Jim Leonard]

Harry,

Thanks for the insight. I am completely ignorant of how on-line betting works,
so I didn't know about the minimums. The guy I know could have misled me on
that point, or it could have been 5-10 guys each throwing in $5-$10 to clear a
$50 minimum bet. I don't know. 

What scares me is if it was like this at one school, then (other then the three
service academies) it can easily happen at the other 114. It could still happen
at the service academies, but it would be harder to conceal and likely an honor
code violation. 

I guess NCAA coaches are really up the creek here. They will no doubt be held
accounatble (or at least have to live with the resulting black eye), but they
are powerless to stop on-line wagering. Scary.

Jim


--- hakirsch at aol.com wrote:

> Obviously they shouldn't--if it's guys betting among themselves for $5 or $10
> on a game unrelated to theirs, i am opposed, but not outraged.
>  
> The note said they actually did it on-line--I have been told that on-line
> book sites require higher minimums than $5-or $10 --so I question whether
> they are really doing that.  If anyone is talking to a  live bookie, then I
> have real concerns, since they became easy prey for information and, of
> course worse, influence. 
>  
> The betting scandal at NU certainly gave a black -eye to one of the cleanest
> programs in the country--and I never want to see even a hint of that on us
> again
>  
> Harry
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Leonard <jleonard518 at yahoo.com>
> To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
> Sent: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:05:41 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: [NU Sports] gambling and college athletes
> 
> 
> This is just for the sake of discussion on an otherwise slow day.
> 
> I have recently worked with a guy who played at a weak Division 1A school. It
> is not in the same conference, nor even the same time zone, as NU - so this
> is
> not in any way related to the Cats (I hope). 
> 
> Anyhow, he said that many players on his team regularly bet on college
> football. One of the players essentially acted as the team bookie and placed
> the bets online. He did say that they never bet on their own games (and I
> believe him) and that the bets were small ($5-$10 a wager).
> 
> Maybe this shouldn't surprise me, but it does. Is the NCAA failing this badly
> in it's attempts to keep the student-athletes away from gambling? I'd like to
> hear what the rest of you think. 
> 
> Regards,
> Jim
> 
> 
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