Blog 17: Chapter 17: Rally Round the Team-As Long As It Wins and Covers the Spread

How serious is college betting amongst the students? For most college undergraduates a winning team is high up on their priority list, but for many student fans the win is not just enough for them. They want the team to help them win their bets as well. Gambling has become another added addiction among college students, primarily in college sports. Not only are students known to party whether their team looses or wins, but the deciding factor of whether the stands will be packed or not is weighed heavily on the teams winning or losing program. Let’s face it who wants to support a losing team, a team that has not won a game all year. “One expert believes that betting, mainly on intercollegiate athletic events, “is probably a worse problem… (on college campus today) than alcohol or drug abuse” (Sperber 206). The fans of losing teams feel humiliated after a non-winning season. They often take it personally that their team did not win or performed poorly.” But in the end, win or lose, the party continues. The bottom line is – PARTY, PARTY!!!