Overview
- The NCAA Division I Administrative Committee adopted a proposal to permit athletes and staff to wager on professional sports while continuing to prohibit bets on college competitions.
- Final approval must come from Divisions II and III, with decisions expected by late October and the policy slated to take effect Nov. 1 if both vote yes.
- Barkley denounced the plan as reckless and said he has zero confidence in NCAA enforcement.
- He warned that players could cross the line into betting on their own teams, pointing to recent violations as a cautionary example.
- Recent integrity cases include investigations into 13 men's basketball players at six schools and an NCAA finding that two Division I athletes manipulated performances, even as Council chair Josh Whitman said the vote aimed to align athletes with campus peers.