{"id":219,"date":"2019-05-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/ncaa-ends-sports-betting-policy\/"},"modified":"2019-05-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T00:00:00","slug":"ncaa-ends-sports-betting-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/index.php\/ncaa-ends-sports-betting-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA ENDS SPORTS BETTING POLICY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 21.0pt; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt 0in;\"><b><i><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Montserrat','serif'; color: black; letter-spacing: .3pt;\">The NCAA lifted a policy that prohibited championship games from being held in states with legalised sports betting.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 21.0pt; box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; orphans: auto; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt 0in;\"><span style=\"orphans: auto; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; word-spacing: 0px;\">US.- The<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Montserrat','serif';\"><span style=\"color: #1d2f5f;\">NCAA<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/em>, the collegiate governing body, has decided to end its policy that prevented championship games from being held in states with legalised sports betting. That policy was temporarily suspended in 2018 after the US Supreme Court lifted the federal ban on sports betting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 21.0pt; box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; orphans: auto; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Montserrat','serif'; color: black; letter-spacing: .3pt;\">The policy prohibited title games, such as the March Madness final, from being held in places like Las Vegas, where single-game sports betting is legal. While the decision became permanent in a ruling dated late last week, the NCAA is still against legalised betting on amateur athletics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 21.0pt; box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; orphans: auto; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Montserrat','serif'; color: black; letter-spacing: .3pt;\">\u201cWhile the board stressed that an exemption of college sports in any federal or state legislation is desired, it emphasised that any proposed legislation should protect student-athlete well-being and the integrity of games,\u201d reads an NCAA statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 21.0pt; box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; orphans: auto; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Montserrat','serif'; color: black; letter-spacing: .3pt;\">Furthermore, NCAA President Mark Emmert said in January that sports betting has a significant impact on everything they do in college sports. \u201cIt\u2019s going to threaten the integrity of college sports in many ways unless we are willing to act boldly and strongly,\u201d he had said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"author__bio\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<p class=\"comment-form-comment\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"comment\">Comment<\/label><br \/>\n<textarea aria-required=\"true\" cols=\"45\" id=\"comment\" name=\"comment\" placeholder=\"Message\" rows=\"8\"><\/textarea><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-author\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"author\">Name<\/label><input aria-required=\"true\" id=\"author\" name=\"author\" placeholder=\"Name...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-email\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"name\">Email<\/label><input aria-required=\"true\" id=\"email\" name=\"email\" placeholder=\"Email...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-url\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"url\">Url<\/label><input id=\"url\" name=\"url\" placeholder=\"Website...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-cookies-consent\"><input id=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\" name=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\" type=\"checkbox\" value=\"yes\"\/><label for=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\">Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.<\/label><\/p>\n<p class=\"form-submit\"><input class=\"submit\" id=\"comment-submit\" name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Send\"\/> <input id=\"comment_post_ID\" name=\"comment_post_ID\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"3874\"\/> <input id=\"comment_parent\" name=\"comment_parent\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NCAA lifted a policy that prohibited championship games from being held in states with legalised sports betting. 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