Sports betting on campus: What journalists need to know

From alleged point-shaving schemes to individual athletes betting on games, there is no shortage of recent, high-profile sports gambling scandals on college campuses. What do journalists need to know to cover sports gambling on campus, among both athletes and non-athletes? What stories haven’t been investigated or covered yet?

Join The Journalist’s Resource and Econofact on July 28 at noon ET for “Sports betting on campus: What journalists need to know.” Tune in to learn:

• Consequences of the Brendan Sorsby case, a former Indiana Hoosiers and Cincinnati Bearcats quarterback who has admitted to wagering on professional and college sports.
• Challenges related to the rise of NIL money and the increasing accessibility of gambling, especially as gambling has become embedded within media and campus environments.
• Why integrity of the game matters.
• How sports gambling affects athletes and non-athletes on campus.
• Practical advice for journalists covering sports betting within the context of higher education.

Plus, your questions for our panelists! Submit yours when you register and during the webinar.

Panelists:

Jodi Balsam is a professor of clinical law and director of the Sports Law Clinic at Brooklyn Law School. Her scholarship has addressed antitrust challenges to sports leagues and organizing bodies, sports trademarks, athletes’ rights of free expression, sports gambling and integrity, sports league governance and the role of the sports agent. Balsam has served as an arbitrator for the National Collegiate Athletic Association on complex infractions cases, and now serves as a neutral for FAIR Sports, which hears commercial cases involving college athlete name, image, and likeness.

Nicole Kraft is a professor of journalism practice at The Ohio State University and directs the Sports and Society Initiative there. She is also an active journalist, writing for numerous magazines and covering sports — including the NHL, Ohio State basketball and horse racing — for the Associated Press and Columbus Dispatch, and sports media and business for Forbes.com.

Moderators:

Michael Klein is the William L. Clayton Professor of International Economic Affairs at The Fletcher School at Tufts University and is founder and executive editor of EconoFact.

Clark Merrefield is senior editor for economics and legal systems at The Journalist’s Resource.