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The NCAA voted to rescind the newly adopted rule of allowing college athlete to wager on professional sports. In essence, nothing has changed as student-athletes remained banned from using New Jersey sportsbooks.
The NCAA had originally voted to lift the ban last month, which would have went into effect on Nov. 1. However, because of the pushback, the NCAA delayed the date until Nov. 22.
Now, the organization has officially backtracked from the idea. Students-athletes from schools such Rutgers, Princeton and Seton Hall will not be able to wager on any kind of sports.
NCAA announcement
All three Divisions (I, II, III) had been in favor of allowing student-athletes wager on professional sports to “better align with their campus peers,” Josh Whitman, athletics director at Illinois and chair of the committee, said last month.
After receiving major pushback, the NCAA decided not to go through with the new rule. It released a statement last week:
“After a procedural 30-day period, two-thirds of Division I member schools have voted to rescind a previously approved rule change that would have allowed student-athletes and athletics department staff members to legally participate in sports betting on professional sports only.
“Because sports betting rules are common legislation, the ban on all forms of betting — for sports in which the NCAA sponsors a championship — will remain in place for all three NCAA divisions.”
Source of pushback
One prominent figure was vehemently against allowing student-athletes to wager. SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey penned a letter to NCAA president Charlie Baker, which read:
“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.
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.”
There are no student-athletes around the US that are able to wager on professional sports, which also includes Missouri.
Missouri sportsbooks are set to launch sports wagering on Dec. 1, which would have added an entirely new wrinkle to an already new market.
