Sankey sent a letter to NCAA president Charlie Baker on Oct. 25, obtained by ESPN, making it known that the SEC disagrees with the decision to allow athletes to bet on professional sports. He said in the letter that SEC presidents and chancellors came to the conclusion that "this policy change represents a major step in the wrong direction.

Georgia reported a secondary NCAA violation last year for betting on pro sports. Under a change to goes into effect Saturday, that would be permitted.

Sports betting is legal and regulated in 38 states, as well as Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, and an NCAA survey conducted in 2024 found that 21.5 percent of male college athletes reported betting (legally or illegally) on sports at least once in the previous 12 months. At the Division I level, the number was 12.6 percent.

College sports are entering a new era, one that reflects the changing relationship between collegiate and professional athletics. The NCAA took a significant step forward Wednesday by effectively lifting its ban on gambling in professional leagues.

Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore hasn't addressed the NCAA's controversial rule change that would allow college athletes to bet on pro sports.

The SEC wrote a letter to the NCAA voicing its opposition to the new rule that was set to go into effect Saturday.

The NCAA Division I Administrative Committee has adopted a recommendation that would bring a significant change to its sports betting policy for student-athletes and athletics department staff members, the organization announced Wednesday, Oct. 8.

Fans could watch the most free football in eight years last week when seven Bowl Subdivision games required overtime to decide a winner.

On Tuesday, the NCAA's Division I board voted to delay the effective date of the new policy from November 1 to November 22, per Sports Business Journal. Previously, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey urged the NCAA to reverse the decision to allow college athletes to bet on pro sports.

The new rule allowing NCAA athletes to bet on pro sports and the latest NBA scandal are bad-but-not-surprising news.

Just a week after the NCAA approved a rule change allowing college athletes, coaches and other athletic personnel to place legal bets on professional sports, an FBI investigation into mafia-linked gambling and game fixing led to the arrests of Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups.