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NCAA Bans Championships From States with Gambling

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The NCAA was the first professional sports organization to react to the US District Court Judge's refusal to issue an injunction barring the implementation of single game wagering in Delaware. One day after the judge in Delaware issued his decision, the presidents of all three divisions of the NCAA voted to ban all rounds of championship events from being held in any state that permits gambling on individual games. The ban expressly does not apply to pools, parley betting, pool tabs and lotteries. Once again, the NCAA was quick to act and once again the NCAA was quick to expose its utter hypocrisy for all to see.

Why oppose the gambling proposed in Delaware just because it involves wagering on a single game, when it readily permits football pools and parleys which tend toward much larger payoffs and would, if the concern really is about inducing student athletes to fix games, offer gamblers greater opportunity for profit? The difference between the two forms of gambling have little to do with the impact on student athletes or the opportunity for corruption. It really relates to where the NCAA gets sponsorship money. Take a look at how many lotteries and casinos have relationships with NCAA institutions and how few, if any, of those offer individual game wagers. As with all things relating to the NCAA, don't ever forget the words of the immortal Deep Throat of Watergate fame (No, not Linda Lovelace) "Always, follow the money).

Full post as published by Sports Biz on August 09, 2009 (boomark / email).