An NCAA-commissioned study of 18- to 22-year-olds reveals more than half acknowledged positioning sports wagers and two-thirds of those who live on college schools stating they engage in wagering
Alabama head coach Brad Bohannon, left, argues with umpire Joe Harris after being tossed from an NCAA college baseball videogame in the bottom of the 2nd inning versus LSU, Saturday, April 29, 2023, in Baton Rouge, La. Alabama is shooting baseball coach Brad Bohannon after a report of suspicious bets including his group, with the school stating he breached “the requirements, responsibilities and obligations anticipated of university workers.” The shooting revealed Thursday, May 4, came 3 days after a report caution of suspicious wagers triggered Ohio’s top betting regulator to bar certified sportsbooks in the state from accepting bets on Alabama baseball videogames. (Michael Johnson/The Advocate through AP)
The Associated Press
More than half of the participants to an NCAA-commissioned study of 18- to 22-year-olds acknowledged positioning sports wagers, with two-thirds of those who live on college schools stating they engage in wagering.
The NCAA revealed the results Wednesday, less than a month after the baseball coach at Alabama and professionalathletes at Iowa and Iowa State were discovered to haveactually made sports wagers in infraction of NCAA guidelines.
The function of the study was to checkout the frequency of sports betting habits. The Boston-based pol