In 2025, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) adopted a policy allowing student-athletes and athletic department staff members to place bets on professional sports.
October 23, 2025
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Change to NCAA betting rules permitting wagers on professional sports by affiliated personnel.
A settled, long-running lawsuit has created a legal environment that allows colleges and universities to permit student-athletes to be paid for their name, image, and likeness (NIL).
October 10, 2025
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Legal change affecting compensation for student-athletes' name, image, and likeness.
The NCAA adopted a policy change allowing student-athletes to place bets on professional sports.
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Describes a change in NCAA policy regarding permissible betting activity for student-athletes.
Under NCAA sports betting rules, a student-athlete can be declared permanently ineligible if they place impermissible bets on or against their own college team.
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Summarizes an enforcement consequence the NCAA applies for violations involving betting on one's own team.
The NCAA's sports-betting enforcement can determine that a student-athlete who places bets on and against their own team violates honesty and sportsmanship and sports-betting rules and can impose permanent ineligibility as a sanction.
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Describes an enforcement outcome and sanction used by the NCAA in sports-betting cases involving bets on a student-athlete's own team.
NCAA enforcement investigations into alleged student-athlete sports-betting violations may include review of the athlete's electronic devices and financial records, such as cellphones and bank account information.
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Describes investigative practices commonly used by NCAA enforcement staff when examining potential betting violations by student-athletes.