NCAA - Prop Bets BAD! Threat to Integrity of College Athletics
PostPosted:Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:46 pm
OK - sure - Highly-Paid Professional Athletes AKA Collegiate “Student Athletes” might become compromised in order by to ‘help their impoverished friend & classmate to pay his/her rent’ …or to also buy a matching companion Lambo for his/her sidepiece … and “miss a free throw” … or just shoot every time he gets the ball to hit his personal “over” …
But … what about “NIL” deals with incentive clauses? Or even ‘real’ NIL deals like where all Alabama students with a Bama ID get free Kool-Aid from McKinstry’s $5m/yr NIL sponsor, Kraft-Heinz, on Sunday - if Kool-Aid McKinstry returns a Punt for a TD on Saturday? Do the 39,683 Alabama students pay off the opponent’s Offense to kneel 3 times on each possession to give Kool-Aid more chances to quench their thirst?
If you’re old enough and responsible enough to capitalize on your Name, Image, and Likeness for, possibly, millions of dollars, or just to get paid-to-play at a similar compensation level, then you’re old enough and responsible enough to know whether or not to compromise yourself by getting yourself involved in ‘fixing’ outcomes (each prop bet is an outcome) of and/or within athletics contests in association with gambling. And, if you do & get caught, you should be prepared to face the consequences - YOLO -> FAFO
The ‘integrity’ car already drove over the cliff, Mr. Baker. Cleaning the windshield with a dirty squeegee ain’t gonna fix it now.
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