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Today we wrap up our series on the Boston College gambling scheme.

The story began in the late 70s when a group of mobsters saw a potential fortune in college

basketball.

In the scheme they cooked up, they'd gamble on basketball games at Boston College

and they'd recruit players to manipulate the outcome of games.

The athletes wouldn't be throwing games, just have to win or lose by a certain number

of points.

But what the mob presented as easy money for student athletes Jim Sweeney, Ernie Cobb,

and Rick Coon would turn into a whirlwind of broken dreams and years in prison.

The Boston College Point Shaving Scandal made national headlines and revealed just how

much rides on a student athlete's performance.

One wrong move can ruin their chance at a professional career and making ends meet can

sometimes be a heavy burden no matter how well they play.

Historically student athletes have been prohibited from receiving pay according to rules put

forth by the National Collegiate Athletic Association or NCAA.

That's left players unable to profit from their own work while NCAA athletics departments

have generated billions in revenue.

Some athletes and institutions have chosen to take a risk and break the rules.

What those rules are changing.

That's partly due to pressure from state legislatures in California, Colorado, and Florida.

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