Cary Groth Blasts NCAA
Nevada athletic director Cary Groth lashed out against the NCAA on Thursday after it approved a policy earlier in the day that bans states from hosting championship events if they allow people to bet on single games.
“My personal opinion of this ruling, it's ridiculous,” Groth said. “There is a guiding principal in the NCAA manual that says that the NCAA will provide equitable opportunities for institutions for success or to compete or something like that, it's pretty close to what I'm saying. Well, that flies in the face of one their guiding principals.
“Second of all, anybody can bet on sports from any state. There's international sport betting that's legal and then anybody can pick up a phone and call a buddy of theirs in Montana, Nevada and Delaware and say, ‘Hey, will you place a bet for me?'”
Nevada is one of four states that were grandfathered into a 1992 congressional ruling that banned sports betting — Nevada along with Delaware, Montana and Oregon already offered it prior to the ruling. Oregon no longer has any form of sports betting and Montana does not take bets on single games.
“You can bet anywhere and it's wrong to penalize those states,” said Groth, who previously served as the athletic director at Northern Illinois University. “As a matter of fact, having been an athletic director in the state of Illinois, I have less of a challenge here at the University of Nevada with our student-athletes and staff when it comes to gambling. I had more of a challenge there because it wasn't as prominent and so you had more of an issue.
Interesting public lashing by Groth since the University of Nevada is still under investigation by the NCAA for major violations of NCAA rules, including sports betting by a coach. Nevada has not been cleared of any charges at this point despite the error in the article.
“My personal opinion of this ruling, it's ridiculous,” Groth said. “There is a guiding principal in the NCAA manual that says that the NCAA will provide equitable opportunities for institutions for success or to compete or something like that, it's pretty close to what I'm saying. Well, that flies in the face of one their guiding principals.
“Second of all, anybody can bet on sports from any state. There's international sport betting that's legal and then anybody can pick up a phone and call a buddy of theirs in Montana, Nevada and Delaware and say, ‘Hey, will you place a bet for me?'”
Nevada is one of four states that were grandfathered into a 1992 congressional ruling that banned sports betting — Nevada along with Delaware, Montana and Oregon already offered it prior to the ruling. Oregon no longer has any form of sports betting and Montana does not take bets on single games.
“You can bet anywhere and it's wrong to penalize those states,” said Groth, who previously served as the athletic director at Northern Illinois University. “As a matter of fact, having been an athletic director in the state of Illinois, I have less of a challenge here at the University of Nevada with our student-athletes and staff when it comes to gambling. I had more of a challenge there because it wasn't as prominent and so you had more of an issue.
Interesting public lashing by Groth since the University of Nevada is still under investigation by the NCAA for major violations of NCAA rules, including sports betting by a coach. Nevada has not been cleared of any charges at this point despite the error in the article.
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