How College Athletes Face Social Media Abuse From Gamblers

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🗓️ 4 April 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

The college basketball season has officially come to an end, and if the Men’s tournament taught us one thing this season, it’s that it is pretty much impossible to predict the results. And in a world where sports gambling is more popular than ever, for every shocking upset, or Cinderella run, there is likely a slew of bettors on the other side who are not happy about the outcome. Take the TCU-Gonzaga matchup in the 2nd round of this year’s tournament as an example: TCU’s Damion Baugh hit a half-court shot with 0.7 seconds left to cover the spread against the Bulldogs, and consequently, Baugh received a collection of threats and abuse in his Instagram DMs despite the shot having no direct result on the outcome of the game. So today, ESPN’s Sports Betting Reporter David Purdum joins Justin Tinsley to discuss the correlation between the rise of sports betting, and the increase in social media abuse directed towards college players – and if there is any way to protect student athletes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Justin Tensley. You might know me from my work at Anne's Gate, or as the author
0:09.3	of a Biggie Smalls biography, or from my mostly victorious appearances on around the home.
0:17.3	So you're going to be hearing different voices hosting ESPN Daily for the near future.
0:22.0	And guess what? I'm one of them. I'll be pitching in for the rest of the week, helping
0:27.5	this pod do what it's always done. Tell the best sports stories in audio, day in, and day
0:33.5	out. Hope you enjoy.
0:36.4	David Perdom. I'm glad you're here today because you cover all things sports gambling for ESPN.
0:51.1	And today is the day after the men's national championship.
0:55.1	And every dog has his day and this day belongs to the Huskies.
1:00.3	Yukon has its fifth national championship in school history. 76, 59 Yukon men's basketball
1:11.3	national champions.
1:13.7	But I want to run it back to a second round game of this year's tournament. It's a matchup
1:18.1	that in all honesty is really insignificant. Most don't remember it now. And to be honest,
1:23.1	what you they damn sure won't remember it years down the line. But to give a little bit
1:26.8	of context, it was number six C TCU when they were taking on number three C Gonzaga. What
1:32.9	exactly happened in this game that sent shock waves throughout the gambling world?
1:37.6	So this is the last game on Sunday night of those first wild four days of the NCA tournament.
1:45.9	Gonzaga was a four point favor. That means if you wagered on Gonzaga, you would need to
1:50.6	win by more than four points in order to cover the spread and win your bet.
1:55.3	Four point game.
1:57.2	Salis again. Stop the clock. Seven tenths.
2:02.3	Fast forward to the end of the game. There are point seven seconds left and Gonzaga is leading
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