A digital platform that allows college athletes to anonymously report improper or illegal conduct by coaches, teammates or others will now be expanded to allow for the reporting of suspected gambling activity.
According to the Associated Press, RealResponse’s partnership with U.S. Integrity, which monitors sports wagering trends in real time to detect irregularities, will come at no additional cost to some 150 athletic departments that are clients.
The service builds on a tip hotline unveiled by U.S. Integrity and RealResponse in May that give college athletic administrators a direct line to investigators.
The new tool arrives amid an investigation into illegal sports wagering at Iowa and Iowa State that has led to criminal charges for about a dozen athletes.
RealResponse founder David Chadwick told the AP that a college athlete will be able go to his or her existing RealResponse webpage and report suspected misuse of insider information, potential game manipulation and physical threats related to gambling, among other things.
When a report does come in, athletic administrators can request a U.S. Integrity investigator to look into the matter.
