New Mexico AD says partnership with casino hotel is all business

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.: At first glance, a record $2.5 million sponsorship agreement between New Mexico's athletic department and a tribal casino hotel might seem at odds with NCAA rules against gambling.
Athletic director Paul Krebs defended the deal Wednesday, saying it will help the department fund coaches' salaries, both for hiring and retention, and support programs for student athletes.
Krebs also said that because the Route 66 Casino Hotel operated by Laguna Pueblo cannot accept wagering on sports events, the agreement is similar to those with any other company.
“The gaming industry is a significant part of our state's economy,” Krebs said. “It contributes to things like lottery scholarships. What people might be losing sight of is that we already have existing deals with other casinos.”
The NCAA doesn't prohibit such agreements, provided they don't violate the organization's rules against sports wagering.
“Individual sponsorship arrangements and revenue sources are left up to the institutions as long as those arrangements do not involve Bylaw 10.3,” NCAA spokeswoman Gail Dent wrote in an e-mail.
That rule bars student athletes, athletics department staff members, administrators involved in athletics oversight and conference staffers from knowingly participating in sports wagering.
In New Mexico as elsewhere, tribal casinos are barred under the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act from sports wagering. Games of chance, such as blackjack and slot machines, are permitted.

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13 Responses to “New Mexico AD says partnership with casino hotel is all business”

  1. Fleur says on March 16th, 2008 at 1:36 pm :

    continuing the REM theme … ‘Monster’ Delegates

  2. Tallulah says on March 16th, 2008 at 2:26 pm :

    Makes perfect sense. It’s not like the name “super delegates” was chosen by some sort of national political organization that Hillary Clinton is supposed to be a member of or something.

  3. Sallie says on March 16th, 2008 at 3:17 pm :

    How about “Let Them Eat Cake Delegates”?

  4. Avalon says on March 16th, 2008 at 4:07 pm :

    ANXIETY IS FREEDOMSAFETY IS TERRORISMFAIRNESS IS INTOLERANCE

  5. Walton says on March 16th, 2008 at 4:58 pm :

    How easily is the general public fooled by alternate terms for the same concept?What effect does such a linguistic attack have on public discourse?

  6. Preston says on March 16th, 2008 at 5:48 pm :

    Super-duper delegates would have an even less negative connotation…

  7. Kestrel says on March 16th, 2008 at 6:39 pm :

    What effect would a more precise (and less fragmented) political terminology have on political discourse?

  8. Aura says on March 16th, 2008 at 7:30 pm :

    I vote for “elite delegates”

  9. Keila says on March 16th, 2008 at 8:20 pm :

    Let’s see if the MSM goes along. I expect them to, on Monday, after they are ordered to do so.

  10. Jacki says on March 16th, 2008 at 9:11 pm :

    It makes no sense at all to call them “automatic delegates,” since they decide on their own which way to vote, and can change their minds any time they want.Has Clinton given up on her claim that there are three kinds of delegates: super/automatic, primary, and caucus? I know she started using that formulation for some purpose she’ll try to put into use later on, but I don’t know what that might be.

  11. Joi says on March 16th, 2008 at 10:01 pm :

    automatic for the people delegates

  12. Stirling says on March 16th, 2008 at 10:52 pm :

    “Enhanced delegation techniques”