NCAA Plagued by Gambling

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WISCONSIN – As reported by the (Wisconsin) Badger Herald: "The National Collegiate Athletics Association is continuously plagued by the influence of gambling on college athletics.

"Over the summer, another NCAA school suffered an embarrassment when the University of Washington fired football coach Rick Neuheisel for participating in a high-stakes NCAA basketball-tournament gambling pool.

"At the height of last spring's NCAA basketball tournament, a team of bipartisan U.S. representatives introduced a bill that would ban all forms of gambling on collegiate sports. Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis., and Rep. Tom Osborne, R-Neb., created the Student Athlete Protection Act, which would ban gambling on all high school, college and Olympic sports.

"…Betting on college sports is technically illegal outside of casinos, even though the NCAA Final Four basketball games are likely wagered upon more than any other sporting event. This act would outlaw gambling on games entirely.

"…Upon introducing the bill last March, Kind said getting the bill turned into law would not be an easy process, due to the powerful gaming interests in states such as Nevada and New Jersey. Several similar bills have withered and died in congressional committees and never came to a vote on the floor of Congress.

"…The NCAA officially opposes all forms of sports wagering, legal or not, and claims the existence of such wagering jeopardizes the welfare of student athletes and undermines the integrity of sport…"
 

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