As if it wasn t obvious before, the NCAA has announced it will seek a country-wide ban on college player prop bets.
NCAA President Charlie Baker announced today that starting this week the NCAA will contact officials across the country to remove college player prop bets from all betting markets. Maryland, Ohio, and Vermont have most recently banned the player prop bets from their markets.
Sports betting issues are on the rise across the country with prop bets continuing to threaten the integrity of competition and leading to student-athletes and professional athletes getting harassed, Baker said in a released statement.
Protecting Student Athletes
Baker and the NCAA started their push to ban the bets earlier this year as a way to protect student-athletes from h…