Thursday, September 6, 2007
What's Going on at the University of Toledo?
It's still an on-going FBI investigation, but there have been players charged in a point-shaving scandal that dates back to 2005. According to the toledo blade, running back Harvery "Scooter" McDougle was charged March 29, 2007 in a U.S. District Court in Detroit for conspiring with others in a points-shaving scheme. It was originally discovered when a gambler in Michigan assured bettors, as the 2005 GMAC was coming to a close, that McDougle had offered bribes to other players so that the point spread would be covered. He was told of his charges the next day, by U.S. Magistrate Virginia Morgan, and was realeased on a $10,000 unsecured bond. The maximum penalty of bribing to affect the outcome of a sporting event is five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. One player was offered $10,000, just to sit out of a game. The man in Michigan was asked, by McDougle, to put a $2,000 bet on the GMAC Bowl. Why is it that the first I ever heard of this, was this past weekend during the Purdue vs. Toledo game? If you know anymore about this, let me know, stuff like this interests me, but I can't put interest in if I don't know about it.
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Personally, I learned of this a few months ago a didn't think much of it. I thought it was only a college football player trying to benefit from his "celebrity" satus. But after more recent reports of cheating in sports such as the NBA referee who was working with the mob made me think more about this incident. Hopefully these were just isolated incidents but if they aren't, I would be very concerned about the integrity of our sports
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