NCAA athletes and staff will be allowed to bet on professional sports following a rule change that will take effect on November 1.
On October 22, the Division II and Division III management councils revealed that they had approved the rule change, following the Division I Administrative Committee’s adoption of the change on October 8.
The rule applies only to professional sports like the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, and WNBA. The rule change will not apply to collegiate sports.
This ruling comes as the NCAA and federal authorities are investigating former athletes in connection with an alleged match-fixing scandal at smaller conference schools involving men’s basketball.
