Gambling
Two best friends, Bill and Bob, are sitting at home watching their two favorite college football teams, the University of Florida and Florida State University, play against each other. The two teams are heated rivals and always play close games. In this game, however, Florida jumps off to a quick 21-0 first quarter lead that seems insurmountable. Undeterred, Bob stills has complete faith that Florida State will come back to win the game, or at least make it close. So he decides on impulse to put his "money where his mouth is". "Hey Bob, I bet you 20 dollars that FSU either comes back to win this game or loses by 3 points or less." Bob, with his team up three touchdowns, thinks he is about to make some easy money and readily accepts the challenge. "Dude, you're an idiot for making that bet, but if you want to get me 20 dollars than who am I to argue". Then they shake hands and the bet is "official". Do you think that either Bill or Bob knew that they just committed a crime? Many people aren't aware that betting on collegiate sports is illegal in 49 of the 50 states, with Nevada being the lone holdout. Many people are ignorant to this fact because they see and hear about people betting on college sports in Las Vegas or Reno
I can see the view from both sides of the fence. James Dobson with his article The Government Should Ban Betting on College Sports. " (Sheridan 1) That excerpt got me thinking that the problem of illegal betting on college sports has nothing to do with Nevada, so banning gambling there would just increase the area that illegal gambling can and probably will be committed. "If you take college sports wagering out of Nevada, 100 percent of all NCAA betting would go on illegally" (Sheridan 3) Both of these opposing arguments really got me going, which is mainly the reason why I chose these two arguments. Meanwhile, on the other side of the fence, Mr. Sheridan who helps publish odds for college sporting events threw out some facts that really got me thinking too. One view from the opposing side is submitted by Danny Sheridan, with his article The Government Should Not Ban Betting on College Sports. This shows that the problem is wide spread. If I had to choose a definite article to side with it would probably have to be Sheridan's, I also see the validity of Dobson's argument. In March, 2000, the University of Michigan released a survey of 640 college sports officials. In another example, In 1996, several football players at Boston College were removed from the team for gambling, and in a couple cases actually betting against BC.
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