Connor Mcilhinney on College Athletes being able to bet on Pro Sports undermines some serious problems
Connor Mcilhinney
College Athletes being able to bet on Pro Sports undermines some serious problems
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- 0:00 Recently a new law was passed that allows college athletes to bet on pro sports.
- 0:04 I think this is a huge issue within America.
- 0:06 Um really everywhere I turn, kids are sports betting, and a lot of kids are in deep debt because of it.
- 0:13 Um this is really dangerous for multiple reasons.
- 0:15 One of the reasons is because kids young kids don't have that much money.
- 0:20 So some of them that are going down $600 feels like a life-changing amount of money, and it causes some kids to do some drastic things uh like suicide or like steal from their parents, things that can get them into real legal trouble.
- 0:33 Um another reason this is super dangerous is because young kids um about high school age are getting into it because when they go to talk to their friends about sports, it's no longer, oh my goodness, do you think he's gonna make this great catch?
- 0:45 It's oh my goodness, what are the odds that this guy's gonna make his great catch?
- 0:49 And and can I bet on that?
- 0:50 Um I think this leads down the road to adult sports or will lead down the road to adults sports betting much, much, much more money.
- 0:58 And I think the sports betting industry um will continue growing at an unprecedented rate um in America.
- 1:04 This is something that legislators need to take notice of and take action of.