As sports gambling accusations spread through Major League Baseball, the NBA and college basketball, the NCAA has one week to decide whether to adopt a proposed rule change that would allow college athletes and staff to bet on professional sports.
The presumption from many in college athletics can be best summed up by one coach, who asked not to be named – “There’s no way that happens, right?”
And yet, to rescind the proposal that would OK betting on professional sports, two-thirds of the Division I member schools must submit paperwork by 5 p.m. ET on Friday, November 21.
A source tells CNN that “as of right now, we are not meeting that threshold.’’
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