This week, NCAA leaders could advance new legislation that would significantly change the permissible sports wagering landscape in college, sources tell Sports Illustrated. The last wall prohibiting college athletes, coaches and staffers from betting on professional sports could come down—though perhaps not without a fight.
Momentum has been building toward such a change for a couple of months. The NCAA Division I Board of Directors voted 21–1 in April in favor of directing the D-I Council to “adopt legislation to deregulate the prohibition on wagering on professional sports.” The council moved the proposal along in May to a formal vote, which is expected to take place Tuesday or Wednesday.
