Updated: May 13, 2004, 2:49 PM

Vote: Gambling in college sports


According to a study by the NCAA on gambling-related activity among college athletes, 1.1 percent of college football players said they had taken money for playing poorly in games; 1.4 percent said they had affected the outcome of a game because of a gambling debt; and 2.8 percent said they had provided inside information about a game.

We want SportsNation's take on this report. Is it disturbing, or no news at all? Does gambling threaten the integrity of college sports?

Vote now, SportsNation.
  • 1) How important is the issue of college athletes' involvement in gambling?
  • 2) Based on what you know, how large a problem currently is college athletes' involvement in gambling?
  • 3) How would you describe the finding that 1.1 percent of athletes say they have taken money to play poorly in a game?
  • 4) Based on the report that 1.1 percent of Division I college football players say they have taken money for playing poorly in a game, and 1.4 percent say that because of a gambling debt they have actually affected the outcome of a game, do you have any less faith in the integrity of game results?
  • 5) Do you believe that college athletes' involvement in gambling has likely gotten larger or smaller in the past 20 years?
  • 6) Who is most to blame for gambling among college athletes?
  • 7) Which one of these is most alarming?
  • 8) Do you think it's OK for college athletes to bet on sports they're not involved in?
  • 9) Should newspapers and web sites publish point spreads for college sports?
  • 10) What do you think of NCAA gambling task force chairman Edward Malloy's statement that sports gambling could mean that ''everything becomes professional wrestling''?

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