Gamblers can use many methods to entice athletes

0 Comments | USA TODAY, May, 2007 | by Michael McCarthy

Rick Chryst, commissioner of the Mid-American Conference, says he's taking the University of Toledo point-shaving allegations "very seriously."

"Certainly, there's different ways people get approached," Chryst says. "It might be that the point spread is an easier way."

The alleged mating dance portrayed by authorities between gambler Ghazi "Gary" Manni, Toledo running back Harvey "Scooter" McDougle Jr. and other football and basketball players provides insight into the ways gamblers seduce athletes.:

Get them gambling: The quickest way to corrupt an athlete is to help him run up a gambling tab he can't pay, says FBI special agent Jon Bunn, who briefs college men's and women's basketball teams during the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA basketball...