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Internet Reacts To Gambling Overtaking College Football Media
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The news of Brendan Sorsby entering a treatment center for a gambling addiction has dominated the slow college football offseason news cycle.

An article on the subject by CBS Sports made many realize just how much sports gambling has taken over the brain of college football media as a whole.

This specific article, written about Sorsby’s crippling gambling addiction, directly references how the QB’s expected absence this season will impact his Heisman Trophy odds, as well as Texas Tech’s win-total, two popular gambling props among bettors.

It seems as if CBS forgot what subject they were actually writing about.

This article represented what college media has become all about: gambling. It dominates commercials, pregame shows, and articles, even when the subject is about a player who actively bet on his own team.

The normalization of pushing lines when talking about a young man potentially ruining his life has the internet at its limit:

With Sorbsy’s playing status still up in the air, the story is far from over.

Will college sports media learn a lesson from this tone deaf article from CBS Sports?

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