It's about time they did this after what happen last year. 
ACC checks officials' backgrounds
Steps in place to prevent gambling scandals
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published on: 07/24/07
Pinehurst, N.C. — The Atlantic Coast Conference has performed background checks on game officials in three sports in an effort to prevent potential gambling scandals like the one faced by the NBA, commissioner John Swofford said Tuesday.
During his annual wide-ranging news conference, Swofford said the league would decide in December where it will play its football championship games in 2008-2010 and discussed how the ACC is preparing to run operations for the Bowl Championship Series in January.
But the dominant issue was the background checks, which Swofford said were approved by the league's presidents two years ago and have been performed for the past year on officials in football and men's and women's basketball.
"It's not a catch-all, end-all by any means, but it does show a proactive way of looking at this and hopefully raising red flags if there are any to be raised," Swofford said.
Steps in place to prevent gambling scandals
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published on: 07/24/07
Pinehurst, N.C. — The Atlantic Coast Conference has performed background checks on game officials in three sports in an effort to prevent potential gambling scandals like the one faced by the NBA, commissioner John Swofford said Tuesday.
During his annual wide-ranging news conference, Swofford said the league would decide in December where it will play its football championship games in 2008-2010 and discussed how the ACC is preparing to run operations for the Bowl Championship Series in January.
But the dominant issue was the background checks, which Swofford said were approved by the league's presidents two years ago and have been performed for the past year on officials in football and men's and women's basketball.
"It's not a catch-all, end-all by any means, but it does show a proactive way of looking at this and hopefully raising red flags if there are any to be raised," Swofford said.