"Last week, the NCAA's Division I cabinet approved a rule change to allow betting on professional sports, and Division II and III management councils also signed off on it, allowing it to go into effect Saturday. NCAA athletes are still prohibited from betting on college sports and sharing information about college sports with bettors. Betting sites also aren't allowed to advertise or sponsor NCAA championships."
""On behalf of our universities, I write to urge action by the NCAA Division I Board of Directors to rescind this change and reaffirm the Association's commitment to maintaining strong national standards that keep collegiate participants separated from sports wagering activity at every level," Sankey wrote. "If there are legal or practical concerns about the prior policy, those should be addressed through careful refinement -- not through wholesale removal of the guardrails that have long supported the integrity of games and the well-being of those who participate.""
The SEC asked the NCAA to rescind a pending rule change that would allow athletes and athletic-department staff to bet on professional sports. During a conference meeting, college presidents and chancellors expressed unified opposition to the policy change as a major step in the wrong direction. Division I, II and III governance bodies had approved the change, and an effective date was set but then delayed to Nov. 22 after a Division I Board vote. NCAA athletes remain prohibited from wagering on college sports or sharing college-sports information with bettors. Sports-betting operators remain barred from advertising or sponsoring NCAA championships. The NCAA has faced increased alleged betting violations amid expanded legal wagering.
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