NCAA President Charlie Baker Says Sports Betting a ‘Major Opportunity’

NCAA President Charlie Baker was supportive of legal sports betting while governor of Massachusetts. It’s a position he’s continuing to embrace at the nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics across the US.

Baker became president of the NCAA effective March 1. The former Massachusetts governor signed the state’s sports betting bill into law in August 2022.

Baker, a longtime advocate of the commonwealth joining the more than 30 other states that have legalized gambling on sports since the US Supreme Court gave such rights back to the states in May 2018, believes legal sports betting presents a revenue opportunity for the NCAA.

We have a major opportunity to get into the sports betting space,” Baker said. “Anybody who has a phone can bet from anywhere they want to, and two-thirds to almost three-quarters of all people between the ages of 18 and 22 bet on sports.”
 
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