Athletes, in increasing numbers, across all sports, are beginning to vocalize something about gamblers, and everyone should pay close attention. Athletes feel sports leagues’ close association with gambling companies has created a dangerous environment. A violent one. A threatening one.
Few have expressed what that danger represents better than tennis star Caroline Garcia just did. She posted on X about the impact of what she called “unhealthy betting.”
What Garcia said, and what others have as well, including Charlie Baker, president of the NCAA — whose comments on the impact of gambling on the mental health of college athletes flew totally under the radar — are critical.
