Organized Sports and Gambling

Paper Summary:

In this article, the writer reviews and evaluates current rules and policies relating to sports betting. The writer also looks at the reality of the activity and suggests the establishment of a mechanism that addresses it in a realistic way that allows people to enjoy sports gaming, yet sets reasonable, enforceable limits on the activity and controls on the industry in the U.S. The writer discusses that this program would also allocate funds raised from sports gaming appropriately to causes and initiatives that benefit organized sports and athletes, while codifying rules to curb some of the problems and excesses associated with sports gambling today. The writer then provides a look at some of the scandals that have rocked professional and collegiate sports and explains how detrimental they have been. The writer concludes that a legitimate structure for sports gaming would eliminate the stigma, eliminate the potential for graft and corruption, and largely eliminate the disruption caused to games and the sports industry of gaming by eliminating the influence of organized crime and impact on the careers and lives of athletes.


Outline:
Abstract
Part I
Introduction to Part I
Purpose
Justification
Constraints
Glossary
Summary of Part I
Part II
Introduction to Part II
Literature Review
Sports Gambling - A History and Overview
Sports Gambling by Athletes, Owners and other Insiders - Sports Scandals
Methodology
Regulating and Monitoring Sports Gaming
Summary of Part II
Part III
Introduction to Part III
Conclusion
Recommendations
References

From the Paper:

"There is no question that gambling on sporting events has negatively impacted the integrity of organized sports in America. The sports pages are replete with stories of athletes, coaches and team owners compromising their own integrity and that of their teams, leagues and industries by wagering on games. Sports gaming, as it exists today, calls into question the very role and nature of sports in this country and brings up issues about the involvement of organized crime, use of performance enhancing substances, and the use of intimidation, coercion, violence and other illicit factors in sports.
"Nevertheless, efforts to curb sports gambling in the US have not been effective, and attempts to ban the practice altogether are inevitably doomed to the same fate as prohibition."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Alexander, A. & Roberts, M.S. (2003). High Culture: Reflections on Addiction and Modernity. New York: State University of New York
• Barlett, D.L. & Steele, J.B. (2000, September 25). Throwing the game. Time, p. 52-57.
• Callahan, G. (1996, November 18). COLLEGE FOOTBALL: DARK DAYS AT BC A BETTING SCANDAL TRIGGERED BY PLAYERS WHO WAGERED AGAINST THEIR OWN TEAM BROUGHT NEW SHAME TO BOSTON COLLEGE. Sports Illustrated, p. 52.
• Frias, C. & Bedard, G.A. (2006, February 10). Athlete's Mind- Set: Take a Gamble. The Palm Beach Post, p.1C.
• Hyde, H.J. (2000, June 13). Banning Amateur Sports Gambling. Congressional Testimony.

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