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By far the most problematic thing about the current NIL landscape/wasteland is how young people get exposed to a potentially toxic mix of crazed fans and gambling "insiders."

Just because we have not *yet* had the emergence of a scandal a la LaMotta or Foxcatcher doesn't mean we won't.

 A survey conducted by the NCAA in the fall of 2021 found spikes among athletes who experienced mental exhaustion, anxiety and depression compared with a similar survey two years earlier — before the pandemic, and also before name-image-likeness deals became an everyday reality of college sports.

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/sports/a...s/3193196/

 ON MARCH 7, a group of approximately 125 collegiate sports officials, state gambling regulators and sportsbook executives met to discuss potential ways to fight this type of harassment.

The hourlong conference call began with an anecdote about a backup guard who missed late free throws that would've covered a double-digit point spread in a West Coast Conference basketball game. The guard, who played only because the game was a blowout loss, received a death threat on social media afterward from a person authorities determined to be a bettor.

Gloria Nevarez, then-commissioner of the WCC, told ESPN the conference went into a "high-alert state" after being notified about the threat. It contacted U.S. Integrity, a watchdog organization, and eventually the FBI, which, according to Nevarez, tracked down the perpetrator on the East Coast and confronted him in person.  

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basket...e-athletes

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By far the most problematic thing about the current NIL landscape/wasteland is how young people get exposed to a potentially toxic mix of crazed fans and gambling "insiders."

Just because we have not *yet* had the emergence of a scandal a la LaMotta or Foxcatcher doesn't mean we won't.

 A survey conducted by the NCAA in the fall of 2021 found spikes among athletes who experienced mental exhaustion, anxiety and depression compared with a similar survey two years earlier — before the pandemic, and also before name-image-likeness deals became an everyday reality of college sports.

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/sports/a...s/3193196/

 ON MARCH 7, a group of approximately 125 collegiate sports officials, state gambling regulators and sportsbook executives met to discuss potential ways to fight this type of harassment.

The hourlong conference call began with an anecdote about a backup guard who missed late free throws that would've covered a double-digit point spread in a West Coast Conference basketball game. The guard, who played only because the game was a blowout loss, received a death threat on social media afterward from a person authorities determined to be a bettor.

Gloria Nevarez, then-commissioner of the WCC, told ESPN the conference went into a "high-alert state" after being notified about the threat. It contacted U.S. Integrity, a watchdog organization, and eventually the FBI, which, according to Nevarez, tracked down the perpetrator on the East Coast and confronted him in person.  

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basket...e-athletes