With the NCAA currently grappling with how to manage the advent of gambling, it’s given many college coaches a new roadblock that they have to address with players. While the change to allow student-athletes and school athletics department staff members to permissibly bet on pro sports was delayed, it’s still something that’s on everyone’s mind.
Kentucky head coach Mark Pope was asked about gambling during his press conference on Thursday. Specifically, he was asked about a recent study from the NCAA that found that 36 percent of D1 men’s basketball student-athletes have reported experiencing social media abuse related to sports betting within the last year.