Athletes and NCAA athletic department employees will not be allowed to bet on professional sports after members of the organization voted Friday to rescind a rule change that would have allowed such bets.
The move comes on the heels of a series of high-profile gambling cases that have raised questions about the integrity of competition in college and professional sports. In late October, NBA coach and player Caught in the takedown of two sprawling gambling operations, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier is accused of exploiting private information about players to win bets on NBA games.
National Collegiate Athletic Association Announced two weeks ago It disqualified six men’s basketball players over sports betting allegations. On Friday, the NCAA said the former Temple guard Hesser Miller He placed dozens of bets on Owls games, including some against his own team.
A rule change to allow gambling in professional sports would have gone into effect Nov. 1, but under a rarely used rule, each Division I school had 30 days to vote to kill the proposal, as it was approved by less than 75% of the DI Cabinet.
More than two-thirds of DI members needed to vote to stop the rule change, and that number was reached on Friday. The thirty-day period ended on Saturday.
Even if the rule passes, athletes and athletic department employees will still be banned from any betting on NCAA events.
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