North Carolina's Stance on Collegiate Sports Betting Props

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00:03 All right, Pat, some really good reporting for you guys, and

00:06 you in particular over at Legal Sports Report.

00:07 Getting on the phone with lawmakers in North Carolina,

00:10 one of the very popular collegiate athlete states.

00:14 Trying to determine whether or not you'll be able to wager on collegiate props

00:19 on all of the betting websites come this college football season.

00:22 Pat, is there any update that you've gotten on this, or

00:24 does it just seem to be status quo for the most part?

00:28 >> For the most part, it seems like it's gonna stay at least this year.

00:31 There is a bill right now in the legislature that would ban college sports

00:35 props.

00:36 Of course, as you point out, that's a huge market in North Carolina probably.

00:41 And that's all coming from the feedback we've heard from athletes,

00:44 including Armando Baycott, about harassment from sports betting losers,

00:49 I would assume.

00:50 [LAUGH] And so that made some people in North Carolina worried.

00:55 They introduced this bill.

00:56 It does not seem like it's gonna go anywhere because the main sports betting

00:59 sponsors from last year do not approve of this bill.

01:03 They're not supportive.

01:04 So it's probably not gonna get through.

01:05 And that's what a rep told me yesterday who sponsors the bill.

01:09 What she did say is there is possibility that we can work on things and

01:13 turn this bill into something more like West Virginia.

01:16 Where there's some sort of punishment for people who are harassing athletes.

01:21 And I think that's something, again, as we're moving away from worrying about

01:26 states legalizing sports betting, it's more about fine tuning the industry and

01:30 seeing what's going on.

01:31 So this is, again, kind of an issue I think you'll see a lot more next year come up

01:34 in states across the US.

01:37 >> Yeah, not easy to police that, I think, either.

01:39 But again, if that's the alternative to having it, yeah, I mean,

01:42 it's you yelled too loud at an athlete.

01:45 We're gonna punish you?

01:46 I don't know.

01:46 Doesn't sound reasonable.

01:48 All right, Pat, we'll read more about that story over at legalsportsreport.com.

01:51 Thanks again for coming on the show.

01:52 Really appreciate it.

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