{"id":1070,"date":"2024-01-15T12:11:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T09:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ncaa-president-stresses-student-athlete-safety-as-sports-betting-continues-to-expand\/"},"modified":"2024-01-15T12:11:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T09:11:29","slug":"ncaa-president-stresses-student-athlete-safety-as-sports-betting-continues-to-expand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/es\/ncaa-president-stresses-student-athlete-safety-as-sports-betting-continues-to-expand\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA President Stresses Student-Athlete Safety as Sports Betting Continues to Expand"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_34 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Tabla de contenidos<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1'><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/es\/ncaa-president-stresses-student-athlete-safety-as-sports-betting-continues-to-expand\/#Online_Abuse_in_Focus\" title=\"Online Abuse in Focus\">Online Abuse in Focus<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/es\/ncaa-president-stresses-student-athlete-safety-as-sports-betting-continues-to-expand\/#Sports_Betting_Increases_Engagement\" title=\"Sports Betting Increases Engagement\">Sports Betting Increases Engagement<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">NCAA President Charlie Baker used his \u201cState of College Sports\u201d address at the NCAA Convention in Phoenix this week to highlight the ongoing critical importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ncaa-president-charlie-baker-calls-sports-betting-reforms\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">protecting <\/a>student-athletes against rogue sports bettors.<\/p>\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-306484\" data-style=\"width: 858px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"size-post-thumbnail-858xAUTO wp-image-306484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/resize-858x521.jpg\" alt=\"NCAA Charlie Baker sports betting\" width=\"858\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/resize-858x521.jpg 858w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/resize-430x261.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/resize.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"text-description\">NCAA President Charlie Baker delivers his \u201cState of College Sports\u201d address on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Baker says the organization is committed to protecting players from sports betting influences. (Image: NCAA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sports betting is legal in almost 40 states. While Baker has acknowledged that the expansion of regulated sportsbooks in the US has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ncaa-president-charlie-baker-sports-betting-major-opportunity\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">been beneficial for collegiate sports<\/a>, the former Massachusetts governor who signed the state\u2019s sports betting bill into law says the organization must continue to implement player protections.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"p1\">Sports betting is basically everywhere, especially on campuses. And the harm it can cause is real,\u201d Baker said. \u201cEvery conversation about the team, the competition, and the health and well-being of their teammates is not just chatter anymore, but currency for some and inside information for others.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Baker revealed the NCAA is working with the NFL to develop a program to better educate coaches and student-athletes on the challenges posed by sports betting. Baker said he\u2019s also reaching out to his former gubernatorial colleagues to make sure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ncaa-to-lobby-states-for-stricter-sports-betting-rules\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">states have adequate laws<\/a> to protect student-athletes from harassment.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Online_Abuse_in_Focus\"><\/span><b>Online Abuse in Focus<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">The NCAA last month contracted the Signify Group to leverage the company\u2019s Threat Matrix tool to study, detect, and respond to online abuse and threats made against players, coaches, and officials. Threat Matrix uses artificial intelligence to monitor social media channels, including X, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok, for abuse and threats in over 35 languages.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p class=\"p1\">A recent NCAA poll of campus administrators found that 10% of Division I respondents said they were aware of student-athletes being harassed online or in person by someone with sports betting interests.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cEngaging Signify to monitor NCAA championships reflects our resolute commitment to college athlete safety and well-being,\u201d Baker said last month. \u201cThis is a first-of-its-kind project in college sports focusing on online abuse and threats while arming social platforms and law enforcement to take action to protect thousands of student-athletes and all championship participants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Tennis\u2019 global governing organizations announced a similar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/tennis-governing-bodies-to-combat-player-abuse\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">partnership with Threat Matrix<\/a> in December. Since a tennis player can singlehandedly throw a match, tennis\u2019 governing bodies say the sport is ripe with rogue bettors seeking to tempt a player to fix a game through harassment and threats made via the internet.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sports_Betting_Increases_Engagement\"><\/span><b>Sports Betting Increases Engagement<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Baker said sports betting has overall been good for the NCAA and the collegiate sports it sanctions. The NCAA president beamed when presenting metrics showing how sports betting has helped increase fan engagement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>The NCAA in 2023 gained over a million new followers on its social platforms, which created four billion impressions and 263 million engagements. Those numbers are more than doubled from 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Baker highlighted the exceptional growth in women\u2019s sports, specifically women\u2019s basketball and volleyball. The president said the NCAA\u2019s most recent media deal with <em>ESPN<\/em>, which was over three times richer for the NCAA than the same deal it struck with the sports media conglomerate 14 years ago, will allow the organization to begin considering revenue distribution units for women\u2019s basketball teams that participate in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/march-madness-to-attract-68m-us-bettors-15-5b-in-wagers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March Madness<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ncaa-president-stresses-athlete-safety-amid-sports-betting\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NCAA President Stresses Student-Athlete Safety as Sports Betting Continues to Expand<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Casino.org<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCAA President Charlie Baker used his \u201cState of College Sports\u201d address at the NCAA Convention in Phoenix this week to highlight the ongoing critical importance of protecting student-athletes against rogue sports bettors. NCAA President Charlie Baker delivers his \u201cState of College Sports\u201d address on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. 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