NCAA Considers Allowing Student Athletes, Athletic Staff to Bet on Sports

The NCAA will be engaging in discussions with its three division leaders later this year to potentially change its policy on sports betting for student athletes and team staff.

Mark Hicks, managing director of enforcement for the NCAA, said at the recent SBC Summit North America that the NCAA is currently engaging in a discussion with its three division leaders to evaluate if a uniform sports betting policy is necessary across all divisions and if the policy should be liberalized.

Sometime this year the NCAA will host a discussion with the division leaders that will touch on the possibility of allowing student athletes and team staff to bet on college and professional sports.

NCAA Always Evaluating Policies

Hicks made the comment on May 8 during the SBC Summit …