Ncaa Sports Betting

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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — An NCAA official voiced concern Thursday over sports betting on the performance of individual college athletes, and she suggested that gambling regulators consider restrictions on such wagers to protect the integrity of the games.

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Speaking at the Sports Betting USA 2020 online seminar, Naima Stevenson-Starks, the NCAA’s vice president for law, policy and governance, expressed concern about so-called proposition bets involving college athletes.

This type of bet concerns whether a given player will or won’t surpass a certain threshold during a game, like whether a quarterback will throw 3 touchdowns or whether a running back will rush for 100 yards.

“Unlike the professional leagues, we are now talking about student-athletes attending class with people who may be betting on their efforts on the field or the court,” Stevenson-Starks said. “That’s a concern. If you can think about missing a field goal or a free throw that might make the difference in a result, that’s not the most settling thought.”

The NFL expressed similar concern about prop bets on its own players a few years ago. But NFL player props are a much larger segment of the sports betting industry than those on college players, something Stevenson-Starks acknowledged.

A survey Thursday of leading U.S. sportsbooks found little in the way of college player props, although they were more readily available on unlicensed offshore sites that are beyond the reach of U.S. regulators.

A spokeswoman for DraftKings said its college props usually involve which team scores first or last, and how many points a team will score. The lone game listed on the site for Thursday, the Colorado State-Boise State football game, did not offer bets on any individual player.

FanDuel was offering a bet on whether Colorado State quarterback Patrick O’Brien would throw for more than or fewer than 275.5 yards.

Legal sports betting is quickly spreading in the U.S. With six additional states approving or expanding sports betting in this month’s elections, more than half the country is poised to have legal sports betting by the end of next year.

New Jersey is in the process of removing its restrictions on college sports betting to allow bets on New Jersey teams and all games played in the state.

The NCAA’s concern over player bets resonated with at least one state gambling regulator participating in Thursday’s seminar. Cathy Judd-Stein, chairwoman of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, said one of the things her state will consider in any future legislation to legalize sports betting is “the safety of amateur athletes to protect them against exploitation.”

Stevenson-Starks also voiced renewed support for federal regulation of sports betting that would replace the current system of state-by-state supervision. A push to enact such a law soon after a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2018 that cleared the way for all 50 states to offer sports betting has languished in the 2 1/2 years that followed.

A federal law “would be the most desirable. I don’t think the momentum is there for that to be resurrected, but it is something that should be on the radar,” she said. “The state-by-state approach is more difficult for an institution like the NCAA.”

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My select program boasts of three such figures.With an additional major contributor and significant contributor, it should surprise nobody why this program is rolling, especially with six double-digit scorers.And this program is the second-best cover team (11-2-1 through the weekend, an 83.3% rate tied with Grand Canyon) in the country, behind only Drake’s magnificent 13-1 record against the spread.

“I’m coaching Eastern Kentucky and I feel like I’m coaching the Boston Celtics,” said third-year coach AW Hamilton. “It feels like a dream come true.”

Those accolades are commendable, but they’re especially poignant since the 40-year-old Hamilton had his world turned upside down this past summer.

He had not undergone a thorough physical examination in 17 years, but assistant coach Steve Lepore’s June stroke prompted Hamilton to see a doctor. A mole behind an ear prompted further testing, with a Stage II melanoma diagnosis.

Lepore having that stroke, Hamilton told the Lexington Herald-Leader, “might have saved my life.” The Mayo Clinic considers melanoma the most serious type of skin cancer. Moreover, a Hamilton cousin had died, at 13, from the malady.

At the University of Kentucky’s Markey Cancer Center, Dr. Joseph Valentino operated on Hamilton for four hours, removing a cancerous tumor and lymph nodes from his neck, which had no cancerous cells.Heand wife Chelsea have three young children, sothey treated the good news with immense relief. He installed his “Most Exciting 40 Minutes in Sports” with renewed vigor.

The Colonels’ 80.6 possessions average is second in the country, and they play even faster on the road. They are exceptionalin taking care of the ball and swiping it from others, as their 11.4 steals per game lead the nation.

KenPom lists Brandon Knapper (18.3 ppg), Wendell Green Jr. (13.3) and Jomaru Brown (11.8) as Hamilton’s go-to guys. Junior forward Tre King (17.6 ppg, 8 rpg), who has recorded five double-doubles, is the major contributor.

Freshman swingman Curt Lewis (11.1 ppg) is the significant contributor, and sophomore forward Michael Moreno, averaging 10.5 points, rounds out the double-figure sextet.

However, there are two asterisks. Brown, a junior guard, suffered a torn labrum in mid-December but should return soon.

Of more concern isKnapper, a junior guard who transferred from West Virginia, who didn’t play in the Colonels’ first seven games after having a knee scoped. He played in four of five, performing at a high level, but hasn’t played since.

At first, says an East Coast insider, a hamstring tweak put him back on the shelf. But an unspecified off-campus incident has turned into an indefinite suspension, with no timetable for his return.

The Colonels are 0-for-8 in the NCAA Tournament, so erasing that doughnut must be high on Hamilton’s priority list. Games against Ohio Valley titan Belmont (Feb. 11 away, Feb. 25 home) will be critical to conference-tournament seeding.

Then again, that priority list has been altered. Hamilton, who will undergo follow-up CT scans, has vowed to tell his story, to help save someone else’s life.

A video of his ordeal has been viewed nearly 100,000 times. Hundreds of strangers have called and thanked him,tell him he inspired them to get a physical or see a dermatologist.

Helping others has become a mission. Said AW Hamilton, “That’s the impact I want to have.”

Ncaa Sports Betting Rules

San Diego State vs. New Mexico, Total 125: The stage is Lubbock, Texas, for what has morphed into the Blitzin’ Aztecs — they’ve tallied 98, 87, 91 and 98 in their previous four games through this past weekend.OVER

UCLA at USC -4, Total 136: KenPom has deigned Iowa’s Luka Garza with 11 Game MVP honors this season, matched by only one person — Trojans 7-foot freshman center Evan Mobley (16.4 ppg, 8.9 rpg). It’s the first game of genuine significance between these two, with both alone in first or second in the league, in 29 seasons. The Trojans’ 40.7% field-goal defense, third in the nation, will be the difference. Expect a slow tempo and many, many elbows.USC and UNDER

Ncaa Sports Betting

TCU at Baylor -21: The Bearslead the country with a 43.4% 3-point touch, which has powered them to triple figures four times, in the 90s twice and in the 80s on five occasions. The Frogs finish in the mid-50s. It’s a TKO by the second TV timeout.BAYLOR