The NCAA plans to begin more closely monitoring betting lines on games and to start background checks on baseball and hockey officials as part of its antigambling efforts. The moves are being made after an NCAA study last year found that 35 percent of male athletes and 10 percent of female athletes had gambled on college sports during the previous year.
One response from an NCAA task force on gambling would have the organization start checking in regularly with a longtime antagonist – the Las Vegas sports books.