The NCAA has unsuccessfully fought for a federal framework states must opt into, as well as integrity fees \u2013 small percentages sportsbooks would be required to share with the leagues who help generate the revenue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Despite Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Assn. (NBA) and National Hockey League (NHL) \u2013 and to some degree even the National Football League (NFL) \u2013 embracing sports betting, Emmert hasn’t altered his position. In April, the NCAA boss said the paramount goal is to make sure student-athletes aren’t gambling on sports.<\/p>\n
“The membership wants a prohibition of athletes gambling in any sports, period,” Emmert declared. Longtime Las Vegas oddsmaker Kenny White says college athletes are more susceptible to being influenced by outside actors because they aren’t paid.<\/p>\n
\nAmateur athletes are at the highest risk because there are no paychecks,” White told Ohio for Responsible Gambling. “They don’t make any money.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
“A gambler throws down $10,000 in front of them and says, ‘Fix one game, you don’t even need to lose. Just don’t cover the point spread.’ There’s a pretty good chance [they do it].”<\/p>\n
Athlete Compensation<\/b><\/h2>\n
As Casino.org <\/i>reported last month, NCAA officials have claimed some student-athletes in need of money may be enticed by rogue sports bettors looking for an edge through match-fixing.<\/p>\n
Former Florida football star Tim Tebow is against paying college athletes.<\/p>\n
“My jersey was one of the top-selling jerseys around the world. It was Kobe, LeBron, and then I was right behind them, and I didn’t make a dollar from it. But nor did I want to, because going into college I knew what it was all about,” Tebow declared.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nSports Illustrated’s <\/i>Ryan Asselta said Tebow’s comments were arrogant. “From my understanding, he was well enough off where he didn’t need the money at the college level. That’s not necessarily the case for everybody.” <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Legislation to pay college athletes in New York state has been introduced, and proponents say such a financial arrangement could help ease the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) integrity concerns when it comes to the expansion of sports betting. State Sen. Kevin Parker (D-Brooklyn) introduced S6722, the New York Collegiate Athletic Participation Compensation Act. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":115230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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