Sports Gambling

Paper Summary:

In this article, the writer discusses the issue of sports gambling and maintains that gambling is one of the major ethical problems in our society. The writer notes that sports gambling has raised many concerns in society about what it does to the integrity of sports. The paper uses an informal style of writing and is written from a personal point of view. The writer claims that gambling on sports is bad for all professional and collegiate sports. The writer concludes that people need to realize how much gambling takes away from the joy and glory of sports before anything can ever be done to halt it.

From the Paper:

"Daly and Barkley have been two of the major public figures in sports who have struggled with a majority of problems in their personal lives due to gambling. The message these two famous individuals are sending is detrimental to America's youth."
"The youth in this country today are the first generation that has extensive access to legalized and government-sanctioned gambling. They also live in an environment where legal and illegal gambling is so easily accessible due to the internet. In a study conducted of 585 students at the University of Lethbridge, in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, 72% of the students were involved in some sort of gambling over a six month time period. During this period time the average amount of time spent involved with gambling was 33.7 hours."

Sample of Sources Used:

• "College athletes gamble with future." Gambling Magazine. (c) 1999. Online, Internet at http://gamblingmagazine.com
• Coakley, Jay. Sports in Society: Issues & Controversies 8th ed. (2004). McGraw Hill.
• Cullen, F.T. & Latessa, E.J. (1996). The extent and sources of NCAA rule Infractions: A natural self-report study of student athletes. Report to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Overland Park, KS.
• Gambino, Shaffer, & Cummings (1992). Compulsive Gambling: An overlooked Problem. EAP Digest, 52, 32-47.
• "Gambling goes virtual." The Economist. 8 April 2005. p.1

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