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NCAA Warns Athletes Any Sports Gambling is Violation
FT. WAYNE, INDIANA --
At a seminar last week, NCAA officials told college supervisors that ignorance of the law is no defense in sports betting cases. College athletes found involved in any activity involving wagering money on any sports event can expect that harshest of treatment.
At a speaking session called "Point Spreads and Point Guards: Gambling and College Athletics," NCAA Director of Gambling Activities Rachel Newman-Baker spoke alongside Alabama Associate Athletic Director Chris King about the perils of gambling. Among their warnings is the concept that many athletes have no idea that the rules extend beyond their sport, or college.
“Student-athletes often don't realize there's an issue with gambling,” said King. He pointed to statistics revealing that over a third of male athletes and ten percent of female players had gambled in some way on sports, most without realizing the jeopardy in which they placed themselves.
Betting even in small amounts, in such diluted forms as fantasy sports and March Madness pools, is cause for disqualification, said King.
A single violation can lead to loss of scholarship, being barred from pro sports, and potentially prison, the speakers noted.
Newman-Bakers said seminars and lecturing compliance officials, who then pass the word to players, help prevent accidental incidents.
“Our study tells us education really does work,” she said.
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