The Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports (CSMAS) held an informational discussion on sports betting after all three NCAA divisions met to discuss modifications to sports wagering policies.
CSMAS members, who also met in Indianapolis last month, discussed the possible deregulation of sports betting, which could allow student-athletes to bet on professional sports.
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The membership requested initial feedback from CSMAS on the health, safety, and well-being considerations involved with deregulation. If the NCAA sponsors a sport, NCAA student-athletes are not permitted to bet on professional, intercollegiate, or other amateur competition in that sport.
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For student-athletes who are found to have violated NCAA rules, various penalties can be applied, which include partial to permanent losses of eligibility.
Committee is recommending harm-reduction strategies
Furthermore, initial feedback from CSMAS emphasized harm-reduction strategies. Schools can use those methods to prevent, identify, and create referral and treatment pathways for student-athletes. CSMAS will continue its discussion of the topic as the divisions continue their debate.
Additionally, CSMAS voted to support reinstatement of the NCAA Injury Surveillance Program data request process. The program facilitates the sharing of injury surveillance data to researchers at NCAA member schools working on sport injury epidemiology projects.
Details of the process have been in moratorium since 2018. They could be finalized in early 2025. Protecting student-athletes from gambling disorders remains one of the NCAA’s top priorities.
