Point-shaving isn't ancient history, isn't just a smoky barroom story left over from the bad old days of the New York and Kentucky basketball scandals in the 1950s. There are fresher cuts -some of them deep. In the 1980s and '90s, point-shaving scandals have touched Tulane basketball, Arizona State basketball, Northwestern basketball and football, and Boston College football. The problem hasn't gone away, and perhaps looms larger in the Internet age. On college campuses from coast to coast, agents from the FBI tell student-athletes to be wary of the stranger who wants to be their friend, who has a sure way for them to make fast cash without actually throwing a game, just slicing away a few points.
Some kids listen harder than others.
We even bring in the Cincinnati police to talk about what's going on right here in Cincinnati. We're an easier victim. As one of five, you have a lot more control over the outcome. No one's being na ve here. Everyone knows you can't stop all the people who want to get to players and make an offer that some of them won't be able to refuse.