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TexasTowelie

(116,897 posts)
Sun Oct 20, 2019, 11:08 AM Oct 2019

Ohio State wants lawmakers to ban betting on the Buckeyes

Ohio State doesn’t want you taking Michigan and the points.

The state’s flagship public university and its four-year brethren are asking lawmakers to prohibit betting on football and other collegiate sports as the state moves to authorize sports wagering.

Opponents of permitting bets on college football games and other amateur athletic contests worry it could potentially sully and compromise college athletics.

“The Ohio State University is opposed to collegiate sports wagering in the state of Ohio,” said university spokesman Ben Johnson.

Read more: https://www.dispatch.com/news/20191018/ohio-state-wants-lawmakers-to-ban-betting-on-buckeyes
(Columbus Dispatch)

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Ohio State wants lawmakers to ban betting on the Buckeyes (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2019 OP
Good luck with that. Businesses across the state already got betting pools irisblue Oct 2019 #1
I am betting against him liberal N proud Oct 2019 #2
I wonder how many professors pass students to increase the chances of making some extra income TexasTowelie Oct 2019 #3

TexasTowelie

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3. I wonder how many professors pass students to increase the chances of making some extra income
Sun Oct 20, 2019, 04:41 PM
Oct 2019

on weekends in the fall and winter?

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