Goestenkors introduced at Texas
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04/05/2007 - Austin, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Gail Goestenkors was introduced Thursday as the new women's basketball coach at Texas.
Goestenkors announced her decision to leave Duke on Tuesday and will replace the legendary Jody Conradt as the third women's basketball coach in Texas history.
"This is an incredible new challenge for me and signals a new life chapter," said Goestenkors. "I have great appreciation for the legacy that Jody Conradt has created in the sport of women's basketball, and feel honored to inherit the program she has built here at UT. To follow such an icon in women's athletics is an honor."
"There is a wonderful tradition of excellence in academics and athletics at The University of Texas. I look forward to becoming a member of this great Longhorn athletic family and welcome this tremendous opportunity to make Texas women's basketball a national-championship contender, year in and year out."
Goestenkors did just that in 15 years at Duke, as the Blue Devils reached the NCAA Tournament 13 times and made four trips to the Final Four. She guided the program to a record of 396-99 and twice had the Blue Devils in the national championship game, losing to Purdue in 1999 and Maryland in overtime in 2006.
This year's Duke squad finished with a record of 32-2, losing only to North Carolina State in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament and to Rutgers in the regional semifinals of the NCAA Tournament.
"Gail Goestenkors' legacy continues to build," said Texas women's athletic director Christine Plonsky. "She coaches champions. More important, Gail is devoted to young people and is committed to their growth and development as individuals. Gail possesses skill, integrity and class. She is a leader in the profession, and her qualities perfectly align with our vision and goals for the future of Texas women's basketball."
Texas was in need of a new coach after Conradt announced her retirement in March following 31 seasons with the Longhorns and 38 overall as a head coach. She also spent time at Sam Houston State and Texas-Arlington, compiling an overall record of 900-307.
Only Tennessee's Pat Summitt has more coaching victories.
Conradt, a six-time national coach of the year, was 783-245 at Texas and won her lone national championship with the Longhorns in 1986 with a perfect record of 34-0. She also reached the Final Four in 1987 and 2003.
However, the school did not earn an NCAA bid in each of the past two years.
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NFL owners, already life's biggest winners, want to try their luck with the lottery.
That was the news out of their meetings last week, where team bosses voted unanimously to allow stamping state and local lottery tickets with franchise logos, if, ahem, any governments wanted to do a deal.
A shocker: Within days the Pats announced they'd be sponsoring the Massachusetts state lottery, the Skins said they'd slap their sticker on Virginia scratch-offs and the Ravens admitted they were talking to Maryland lottery bosses. In all likelihood, it won't be long before every team is a presenting sponsor of scratch-offs or just plain old pick fives. "The change in policy was approved 32-0," said NFL spokesman Greg Aiello. "So you can expect to see more deals soon."
It's a branding opportunity too big for the owners to ignore, and one a couple of dozen baseball franchises have enjoyed for years. The fact the NFL has been slower to act than those slack-brained Seligites is indicative of its complicated relationship with all forms of gambling. Consider this: Last Thursday, as the Pats and the Redskins finalized their new lottery deals, a lawyer representing the NFL argued before Delaware's Supreme Court that the state's newly signed sports betting law should be repealed.
The NFL betting is the face of opposition to sports gambling . And as much as it would like to share that responsibility with other leagues, that's not going to happen as long as more than 40% of all money legally wagered on games is bet on football. That's why the Brewers can do a multi-million dollar deal with a local casino, or the Celtics can make their own pact with the Mass lottery, and the response is, "Sweet, let's play." But when the NFL does it the stakes are higher, and everyone from NPR's Frank Deford to the Associated Press to the guys blogging at Deadspin will line up to play gotcha.
So I asked Aiello, who surely knew there'd be piling on, how the league can rail against being bait for sports bettors, then allow its franchises to be just that for lotteries, the most insidious and addictive form of gambling around. He emailed me this response: "We are not moral crusaders. NFL personnel are permitted to engage in legal forms of gambling, except for betting on NFL games. We are making a distinction here between the spread of gambling on the outcome of our games and supporting state lottery scratch-off games, that have nothing to do with the outcome of our games."
Here's where I should rip him. But, the thing is, he's right. Not to get Obama on you, but this is a complicated, nuanced issue. As much as lotteries are considered a tax on the poor, the NFL isn't a socially obligated government program -- it's just a business. Scratch-off's help the bottom line, sports betting doesn't. Now, it's okay to call the league hypocritical when it releases injury reports, which players have told me only helps bettors … But when it supports other forms of gaming? Big Deal.
Now, it's okay to call the league hypocritical when it releases injury reports, which players have told me only helps bettors. And it's okay to mutter something obscene when the league pretends gambling doesn't help drive TV ratings and fan interest and put money in owners' pockets. But when it supports other forms of gaming? Big Deal. The Bears should put an orange "C" on every deck of cards dealt at Harrah's in Joliet; the Eagles should slap their logo on roulette wheels at the Borgata in Atlantic City; the Dolphins should hold training camp at the El San Juan in Puerto Rico.
Seriously.
The NFL's problem, when it comes to the gambling world, isn't hypocrisy, it's worse: The bosses lack vision. That's why the league is picking unwinnable fights in Delaware and taking pot shots from critics after making smart sponsorship deals. Roger Goodell and his gang are acting and thinking locally rather than globally, which is rare for them, especially compared to their professional (and amateur) counterparts.
The NBA held its All Star game in Las Vegas and David Stern's kingdom didn't crumble (although the town did bring plenty of players to their knees.) I'd say it's 6 to 5 and pick 'em that Lebron will make a road swing through Sin City before his career is over.
Even the NCAA College Football Betting is more progressive on this issue than the NFL. Several years ago Rachel Newman Baker, college sports' gambling czar, opened a dialogue with Vegas bookmakers to learn about how they do business. She's visited Nevada sports books, studied their operations and listened to how they regulate action. Now she knows she can expect a call from bookmakers, who lose money when sports are fixed, if they think something sketchy is going on in NCAA games. She's not in favor of sports betting, but, as she once told me, "I know it's not going away, either."
The NFL can't seem to accept that. And until it can find peace with the idea, it'll get flack, even when it's right.
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