NCAA Calls for Suspension of Prediction Markets in College Sports

The NCAA is intensifying its opposition to prediction markets tied to college sports, with president Charlie Baker formally urging the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to suspend those markets altogether.

In a letter to CFTC chair Michael Selig, Baker warned that the rapid, largely unregulated growth of college sports prediction trading poses serious risks to athlete well-being, recruiting integrity, and competitive fairness, particularly after reports that Kalshi explored wagers tied to transfer portal decisions.

Baker emphasized that student-athletes already face harassment linked to betting outcomes and argued their futures and transfer choices should never be subject to gambling, calling for a pause until strict safeguard such as integrity monitoring, age restrictions, limits on advertising, and bans on prop-style marketS are in place.

What are your thoughts here?

READ HERE: https://www.on3.com/nil/news/ncaa-calls-for-suspension-prediction-markets-college-sports-charlie-baker/

0 comments