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House Republicans plans to vote on a bill regulating college sports has been scrapped due to divisions within their caucus.
Lawmakers will soon take their biggest step yet to usher in a new era for college sports as the NCAA, tied up in years of billion-dollar lawsuits, asks Congress to set rules of the road for college athletics.
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Congress pulls major college sports bill after bipartisan backlash: 'Not ready for prime time'
The move to pull the SCORE Act by GOP leaders two hours before it was slated for a final vote was seen as a sign it didn't have enough support to pass.
Last month, the NCAA Division I Board voted to delay a legislative change that would permit college athletes and athletic department staff to gamble on professional sports. The rule change, originally intended to go into effect on Nov. 1, was delayed to Nov. 22 after pushback from SEC commissioner Greg Sankey and other prominent voices.
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NCAA won’t allow athletes or athletic department staff to bet on pro sports amid gambling scandals
The move follows a string of high-profile gambling cases that have raised questions about the integrity of competition in college and pro sports.
College athletes will still be prohibited from betting on any sport in which the NCAA sponsors a championship after an eleventh-hour push to rescind a proposed rule change reached the necessary two-thirds threshold.
Former Owls player Hysier Miller permanently ineligible after placing multiple parlays on Temple men's basketball games.