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Just curious - what did he say that you don't agree with? You think our players (and/or anyone else's) aren't at all susceptible to the allure of point shaving when they aren't getting paid?He’s out of touch with reality.
Yeah, we are supposed to listen to the 1st post of an unknown & consider it anything more than bird cage lining? Right...……..OK Skyhawk you are probably a WVU fan. Is that correct? So let’s just say Shane Lyons made that presentation on 60 Minutes and then I post “He’s out of touch with reality.” Another hypothetical that Mr. Hamrick and that panel were pointing out harkens back to the days of point shaving which - if not monitored by the institution, will lead back to uncontrollable situation such as WVU player on the goal line in your biggest game of the season and for some reason fumbles the ball and much later you learn the kid had been paid hundreds of dollars to throw the game. Now is Mr. Hamrick out of touch with reality or is it you?
there is the issue. Over under on points, number of threes, yards in a game. catching a td pass for the 10th week in a row, etc. Little stuff like that. That is what can be influenced the easiest. Over and under, points spreads, etc.Mike is spot on. It’s not point spreads that colleges fear as much as In Game Prop bets done via phone. Let’s say the bet is player A who averages 20 ppg and the bet is he will score under 11 points in the first half. How easy is it for the player to signal yes or no on the court he will do it? Also I would assume future practices in alll sports to be closed to avoid injury reports and who is not practice or in the doghouse etc. only makes sense given his stance on no medical reports being released. Frankly I agree with him. Prop bets will be the biggest issue to enforce.
ExplainThe best reason to require injury reports: player safety.
Not saying that doesn’t happen but having to disclose injury reports won’t stop falsifying or downplaying the severity injuries.Transparency with regard to player injury helps protect the athlete from situations where they could be pressured by the staff to play, despite knowing that the player is at risk of permanent or significant long-term injury.
Conversely, opacity with regard to player injury allows the coaching staff to put players on the field with what they term to be a minor "ankle thing" that is in fact a serious "back thing" that ends the player's promising professional career before it ever started.
Just a hypothetical, of course.
For what I heard on the talk show is that the schools will be required at some point to provide an injury list and gambling is going to help bring it on.Not saying that doesn’t happen but having to disclose injury reports won’t stop falsifying or downplaying the severity injuries.
Like high ankle sprainsNot saying that doesn’t happen but having to disclose injury reports won’t stop falsifying or downplaying the severity injuries.
Of course, but the current system implies a player's physical condition is proprietary information of the coaching staff, which empowers the coaching staff at the severe potential detriment of the player. The strategic advantage of having a player's status be in question for a game is minimal, and for this nigh-senseless bit of gamesmanship, we allow coaches to put false information about a player's health on the public record.Not saying that doesn’t happen but having to disclose injury reports won’t stop falsifying or downplaying the severity injuries.
In fact, the HIPPA rules
There will be is what some legal experts are saying. Again, it doesn't have to be Billy has a hernia or Joe has a torn ACL.Injury reports - There is nothing in any law I know of that would require a school, public or private, to give out injury reports. In fact, the HIPPA rules and student privacy rules would probably do the exact opposite.
Prop bets - Have you ever gambled? The amount you can gamble on a prop like "over under 3 point shots" is tiny. At Duke. Maybe $100. So somebody is going to commit a major federal felony to win 90 bucks? So you are going to give the kid, what, $40 of that? At Marshall, the amount on such a bet is zero. Crazy props are only in the big games.