College basketball point shaving
- Thread starter BoDawg.sixpack
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Honestly what did people think would happen when sports gambling is so easily available?
Available and plastered all over every part of sports these days.
Available and plastered all over every part of sports these days.
A father called into the Dave Ramsey show the other day and he was asking Dave how to convince his son that gambling on sports wasn't a replacement for investing in the stock market. His son's philosophy was that the stock market is a gamble just like betting on sports. He said he was fighting an uphill battle because all of his friends were involved in betting using mobile apps which was normalizing that behavior for his son.
I think I heard that call too. I have always been of the mindset to let people do what they want with their money - "a fool and his money" is a proverb, but I am not sure that this unfettered access to gambling is a good idea.
I swear this is the only reason we didn't win multiple National titles under Ben**
Maybe we are in on it. That would at least make me feel better about our team.
This is not new, point shaving has been going on forever. The proliferation of gambling online has made it much easier for people to get caught doing it, and you'll continue to see these type of things get busted. Now, whether it being so widely available to young people to the point that its normalized as if it's the same as investing in the stock market, that's a different and important conversation.
It's not new, but it's a LOT more widespread now than it ever was.
A lot of schools that we've played during the last 3 years
Nicholls St - played in '23
Tulane - played in '23
NW St - played in '23
St Louis - played in '21
Southern Miss - exhibition in '23
Kennesaw St - played in '25
New Orleans - played in '25
Whoa, that is crazy!
I would think that some stats that show a historical comparison of net wealth growth through traditional investment and growth through gambling would be more than enough evidence.
Ads for tobacco products are controlled and censored by the government but I see a draft kings ad plastered on courts and commercials for every sporting event I watch. Either allow both free reign to advertise or both should be barred from commercial advertising like cigarettes are.
My libertarian streak ended when:
I saw a friend's marriage destroyed by pornography
I saw a family member lose their life's savings using these gambling apps
Need to go back to the time where this stuff is not readily available.
That Proverb is 100% true, but it doesn't apply to children. You still have to "Train your child up in the way he should go".