While the reintroduction of the proposed SAFE Bet Act has taken up most of the oxygen when it comes to federal bills seeking to limit sports betting, another bill has entered the chat that seeks to ban prop bets on college athletes.
Introduced on Feb. 25, the bill — ‘‘Providing Responsible Oversight and Transparency and Ensuring Collegiate Trust for Student Athletes Act,” or, the PROTECT Act — was written by first-term Congressman Michael Baumgartner of Washington. He doubles as the chair of the College Sports Caucus.
“Sports gambling on college campuses has surged in recent years,” Baumgartner said in a press release.
