The legalization of sports gambling will change college sports, but Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey isn’t quite sure how.
Beginning the conference’s annual football media days here at the College Football Hall of Fame, Sankey said his league began to research sports gambling in 2011 and has been corresponding with the NFL, NBA, MLB and PGA offices about the topic.
He’s not opposed to requiring teams to release an injury report, but he said it likely won’t happen this season, and whenever those reports do start coming out, they won’t be just like NFL injury reports.
“FERPA and HIPAA requirements, academic suspensions, other team or athletics’ department imposed suspensions and NCAA eligibility issues make something more like an availability report relevant for discussion,” he said.