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GAMBLING
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warned that these might be low-end
figures.
"If the game is affected negatively
by gambling, " Malloy said, "the sport
loses integrity, and then everything
becomes professional wrestling with
a predetermined outcome."
Current NCAA rules prohibit stu
dent-athletes, coaches and athletic de
partment employees from betting on
a college or professional sporting
event, legally or illegally. (Wagering
on sports such as boxing, auto racing
or horse racing is not against the
rules.) They also cannot share infor
mation with gamblers.
Fewer than 60 percent of Division I
athletes — and fewer than 40 percent
of Division III athletes — said they
knew the NCAA's rules about sports
wagering, which call for penalties that
could include a loss of scholarship.
"That's alarming when you recognize
that nearly 50 percent of the student
athletes don't really know or under
stand the mles," said Grant Teaff, vice
chair of the NCAA task force and the
executive director of the American Foot
ball Coaches Association. "To throw
away your opportunity for an educa
tion is one of the most disastrous things
that can happen to a student-athlete."
The survey also found that sports
gambling on the Internet was less com
monplace than expected, with just 5.3
percent of Division I male athletes par
taking. It found that NCAA golfers
(30.3 percent) and lacrosse players
(29.3) were most likely to bet.
'There will always be
gambling, but we want
to control the situation
better. We don't want it to
go down a slippery slope
where you (a student
athlete) find yourself
in an environment that
encourages gambling..."
Myles Brand
NCAA President
It also found that football was twice
as susceptible to point-shaving at
tempts as basketball and that male
athletes were four times more likely
than female athletes to bet.
"I should say parenthetically that
personally, as a religious figure, I don't
think gambling is morally abhorrent in
and of itself," Malloy said. '"Ihe ques
tion is not whether gambling is accept
able — that's a policy question for the
nation — but rather the degree of harm
that some people can experience."
Specifically, when a student-athlete
goes into debt for sports betting and
is then at the mercy of a bookmaker.
"We're not trying to change the
world," Brand said. "Many people
have problems with gambling for all
kinds of reasons. Our issue is the wel
fare of students.
"There will always be gambling, but
we want to control the situation better.
We don't want it to go down a slippery
slope where you (a student-athlete)
find yourself in an environment that
encourages gambling then you partici
pate in gambling with a dorm bookie
and then before you know it you're en
wrapped in a very unsavory situation
that affects that student-athlete's life as
well as the integrity of the game."
Malloy, after noting that Chicago
is among the cities pushing for a
new casino, added another element
to the discussion.
"The thing we haven't talked about
at all is who are the most susceptible
people?" he said. 'The referees. We have
no evidence, none. But theoretically, if
you wanted to affect the outcome of
any sporting events, that's probably the
place you could do it most easily."
Malloy, though, said the task force
was unlikely to delve into that issue.
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by Knight Ridder/Tribune
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WHEELCHAIR
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experience and plans to return for
next year's game. In his team's place
will be the Eugene Express, a mem
ber of the National Wheelchair Bas
ketball Association that also partici
pated in last year's game.
"Last year was a lot of fun," Jaquiss
said. "To just raise money for a good
cause is awesome. (The game) lets
wheelchair basketball players who are
fairly accomplished compete against
able-bodied basketball players who
are fairly accomplished."
Westendorf and the athletes in
volved are all looking forward to hav
ing a good time on the floor.
Jaquiss said he was surprised last
year at how quickly some of the
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"Initially, actually, we had
a hard time getting
players to do it (last year).
But once a couple days
came around, they were
all asking me.... After last
year, they were all asking
me to do it again. They
loved it. They had
a great time."
Lauren Westendorf
Rollin’ for a Remedy founder
athletes picked up the motion of
having to roll themselves down the
floor. After all, they can't use
motorized chairs; it's all manual.
Finding enough players to play was
a difficult task as well. Like many tour
naments that are just starting out,
Westendorf had a hard time getting it
off the ground.
"Initially, actually, we had a hard
time getting players to do it (last
year)," Westendorf said. "But once a
couple days came around, they were
all asking me. Even Luke (Jackson),
day of, was like 'Lauren, I want to do
it, I want to do it.' He was the most fun
because he flipped over in his chair; it
was hysterical. After last year, they
were all asking me to do it again. They
loved it. They had a great time."
And tonight, they'll do it again, all
for charity.
Because they can.
Contact the sports editor
at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
SOFTBALL
continued from page 7
"lust knowing that this will be the
last few weeks of my career is pretty
hard to swallow," Jaime said. "There's
an extra fire. The fans will get into it;
the fart that we will be on TV (Friday's
game) and our senior game — there
will be a lot of emotion that will play
into it, but you have to keep your
composure, too."
When the Ducks kicked off thefr
Pac-10 road play against Stanford and
California at the beginning of April,
Oregon beat the Golden Bears, 4-0,
and split two games with the Cardi
nal, 1-0 and 6-1.
"We're looking to win the series off
both," Arendsen said. "We're trying to
build positive momentum going into
the Regional and postseason."
Sunday, the Ducks will host a view
ing of the NCAA Regional Tourna
ment selection show at the Pittman
Room in the Casanova Center. The
show begins at 5:30 p.m. while fans
are encouraged to arrive by 5 p.m.
Contact the senior sports reporter
at mindirice@daityemerald.com.
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