So says the FanHouses’ Greg Couch, who calls out some bland NCAA flackery that decries “student-athlete” wagering (in response to point-shaving allegations involving Univeristy of Toledo football) but is steadfastly neutral on “the membership” doing individual deals with casinos and other gaming entities.
Naturally, Murray Sperber can be counted on to be the snake in the garden party:
“At the very core of the NCAA, the mother’s milk they live on, the March Madness money, is this deep, deep hypocrisy. I remember their own poll showed that one in five athletes had bet on college sports.
“Should they encourage gambling? Especially when one of the problem groups of gamblers, people who can’t control their gambling, are college kids? They get in over their heads.”
Ah yes, the “H” word. Can’t write an NCAA-related piece about subjects like this without it.
