Archive · 5 Jun 2025
NFL Funds Study on College Gambling Habits and Risks
The NFL wants to help college students and athletes who might gamble.
They're teaming up with a group called the ICRG to study this problem.
The NFL is giving $600,000 to pay for the study, which will last three years.
The study will look at how often college students and athletes gamble, what makes them gamble, and how it affects them.
The NFL is also creating new ways to teach people about gambling so they can avoid problems.
The goal is to make gambling safer and prevent young people from getting hurt by it.
The NFL is partnering with the ICRG to study gambling among college students and athletes.
The NFL Foundation is donating $600,000 for the three-year research program.
The research aims to identify risks and effects of gambling in college settings.
The initiative includes revised educational resources to prevent gambling harm.
The NFL seeks to foster a safer gambling culture and promote responsible gambling.
- Who
- NFL and ICRG
- What
- Sponsoring research program to identify risks of gambling in college settings
- When
- Three-year program
- Where
- N/A
- Why
- To combat increasing gambling rates among college students and athletes
- Organization
- NFL
- Partner
- International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG)
- Funding Amount
- $600,000
- Research Duration
- Three years
- Target Group
- College students and athletes
- Research Focus
- Gambling prevalence and risk factors