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8 Ways to End
Basketball
SPORTS
iSil X XyVvlO We always will
have gamblers, says this noted authority
hut we don't have to let them corrupt our youth
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By WILLIAM R. REED as told to Bill Surface
Commiuioner, Big Tan Conference
A FTER COLLEGE BASKETBALL was hurt by the
xfix scandals in 1951, an optimistic theory
existed : "It can't happen again ; players have
learned a lesson."
But fixes did recur, and now there is another slogan:
"College basketball must be cleaned up we've got to stop
gambling on basketball!"
Today's belief, in my opinion, is as faulty as the old one.
College basketball f clean. That's why it is so attractive to
gamblers. The cleaner the game, the more betting. Nobody
is na'ive enough to make a large bet on, say, professional
boxing nowadays.
In essence, we are repeating an error that contributed
to the recent scandals. We should recognize gambling, not
dodge it. I don't mean gambling should be legalized. But
there always will be people who gamble, so we must adopt
rules to keep them a safe distance from our athletes.
Here are some rules which could help stop any future
basketball scandals not stop gambling, mind you, but stop
the corrupting influence of gamblers on our young players.
1. Eliminate undesirables and poor risks among play
ers. Every type of student was involved in the most recent
scandals, from the honor student to marginal student but
the poorer student was involved in two-thirds of the cases
and was a definite educational risk before attending col
lege. As much attention should be paid a player's scholastic
and personal reputation as his athletic prowess.
2. Guarantee players protection. In many cases, hood
lums have implied that the players will get into trouble
by reporting bribe offers, despite refusing them. Every
coach must educate his players to the importance of re
porting bribes and point out that experience has shown the
danger in not reporting them. A number of personal safe
guards have been provided players and they must be told
about them.
3. Give players a true sense of values. An assistant dis
trict attorney who interviewed players involved in the
scandals found that they felt they were more important to
their school than the school was to them.
Coaches are also teachers: they should be able to give
their players a true perspective on life. Excelling at basket
ball is wonderful for young men. But in the world in gen
eral it's really not so important. If a player cannot grasp
that college lesson, he is an all-around poor risk.
4. Enforce stiffer penalties for college coaches who
"bribe" high-school players with under-the-table recruit
ment deals. A phrase I heard after the last scandals cer
tainly holds true: "If you can pay a boy to make baskets,
you can certainly pay him to miss them." Case histories of
fixers show most of them went wrong in recruiting.
5. Watch the point spread, the margin a team must win
or lose by to collect bets. At one time, I was able to get
opening odds and fluctuations on all Big Ten games, and
anytime there was a major shift I wanted to know why.
6. Make fixing of sports events a Federal crime. State
laws on bribery vary, and gamblers are able to manipulate
without fear in some areas. Once, a fixer tried to rig an
Oregon-Michigan football game. A player reported the
offer, and the briber was arrested. Yet the police could only
book the gambler on a charge of registering in a hotel
under a false1 name!
7. Scare the gamblers. A burglar skips places that are
well-protected. Conferences should appoint investigators
to guard against gamblers. Constant surveillance would
make gamblers more reluctant to approach college players.
8. Use convicted "fixers" as an example. I don't mean to
ridicule any individuals publicly, but rather remind young
players how easy it is to hit rock bottom and become losers
all their lives.
The players involved in the recent scandals were about
10 years old when the previous scandal erupted. They had
forgotten the consequences.
We should never let players of today and tomorrow for
get the lessons of the past. They should be reminded of
the answer a fixer gave when asked about the possibilities
of anybody following in his footsteps:
"If anybody knew all the hell I've gone through, all the
side streets I've walked down, all the insults thrown me
just for a few thousand dollars nobody would consider
shaving points for a million dollars." And he said that years
ago before the last scandal broke.
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