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Former UNC coach endorses ban on gambling on college athletics
by Laurence Arnold
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Dean Smith, college bas
ketball’s career victory leader, sought an
) other win Tuesday by endorsing an effort in
Congress to outlaw gambling on collegiate
sports.
“We’re talking about something that can
taint young people,” said Smith, who retired
in 1997 after 36 seasons and 879 victory at
the University of North Carolina.
He said he is not troubled by the fact
that the legislation would affect only Nevada,
the one state where betting on college
sports is legal.
“It can’t hurt anybody in Vegas,” he said.
Gtsinos “can still take (bets on) the pro games.
It isn’t like they aren’t making enough mon
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ey.”
Lawmakers who support the betting ban
brought Smith to Capitol Hill in hopes of gain
ing some end-of-session momentum for leg
islation in both chambers.
The Senate Commerce Committee ap
proved the ban in April, but it has not come
up for a vote on the floor. The House Judi
ciary Committee will consider the legislation
on Wednesday.
Referring to the millions of dollars given
by the gambling industry to both parties, Sen.
John McCain, R-Ariz., said the bill is threat
ened only because of “the influence of big
money in American politics.”
Still, Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., said
he has been assured by Majority Leader Trent
Lott of Mississippi that the bill’s supporters
will get a chance this year to muster 60 votes
to break a certain filibuster by Nevada’s sen
ators.
Sen. Richard Bryan, D-Nev., warned gam
bling advocates in his state recently that the
ban would likely pass by a veto-proof major
ity if it gets to a vote on the floor.
A sponsor of the bill in the House, Rep.
Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he is certain at
least 300 of the 435 representatives would
support it.
Smith is one of several high-profile col
lege coaches enlisted by the National Colle
giate Athletic Association, a major force be
hind the bill.
Kentucky basketball coach Tubby Smith
and South Carolina football coach Lou Holtz
testified during a House Judiciary Commit
tee hearing in June that players are under pres
sure to lose games or shave points from a vie
tory margin.
Defenders of Nevada’s sports^betiing in
dustry say 99 percent of gambling on col
lege sports occurs illegally on college cam
puses rather than legally in Nevada casinos.
The legislation, they say, would harm Neva
da without milking a dent in a national prob
lem.
Frank Fahrenkopf Jr., who lobbies on
behalf of casinos as president of the Ameri
can Gaming Association, said Congress “should
reject this ’feel-good’ legislation that would
shut down a legitimate, legal business in one
state.”
The Nevada gambling industry took in $2.3
billion in sports wagers in the 1999 fiscal year,
with 30 percent to 40 percent bet on col
lege sports.
A 1992 law signed by President George
Bush banned sports wagering in 47 states.
Nevada got an exemption, as did Oregon, which
allows betting on pro football through a lot
tery, and Delaware, which has not adopted
sports betting despite a 1976 public vote ap
proving it.
New Jersey was given one year to de
cide whether to sanction sports betting, but
never held a referendum.
Proponents, including Smith, say a ban
would have national repercussions because it
would encourage newspapers to stop printing
point spreads for college games.
The Newspaper Association of America
disagrees: It predicts newspapers will contin
ue to print point spreads because they “ap
pear to be useful, if not valuable, to readers
who have no intention of betting on
games.”
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South Carolina 1-0 2-0
Florida 0-0 2-0
Tennessee 0-0 1 -0
Kentucky 0-0 1-1
Georgia 0-1 1-1
Vanderbilt 0-1 0-2
West SEC Overall
Auburn 1-0 2-0
Alabama 1-0 1-1
Arkansas 0-0 1 -0
> LSU 0-0 1-0
Mississippi St. 0-0 1-0
Mississippi 0-1 1-1
Volleyball
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Florida 0-0 5-2
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Georgia 0-0 3-3
Kentucky 0-0 2-4
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Alabama 0-0 5-2
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LSU 0-0 3-3
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Arkansas 0-0 1-4
Women’s Soccer
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Georgia 0-0 5-1
Tennessee 0-0 2-3
Florida 0-0 2-4
South Carolina 0-0 0-5
Vanderbilt 0-1 2-4
West . SEC Overall
Auburn , 0-0 5-1
LSU 0-0 5-1
Mississippi 0-0 3-2
Mississippi St. 0-0 3-3
Alabama 0-0 3-3
Arkansas 0-0 0-3-2
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