An effort to prohibit wagering on college player prop bets in North Carolina stalled out.
House Bill 967, which was introduced by Rep. Marcia Morey, would have disallowed wagering on college player prop bets. The effort to ban the player prop wagers was inspired largely from the NCAA's recent push to urge state regulators and legislatures to prohibit the bets.
The NCAA believes wagering on individual college player props, such as how many rebounds a basketball player will record in a game, can increase harassment directed at athletes and lead to game integrity concerns. Morey was particularly interested in bolstering athlete protections.
“Elite college and amateur athletes already experience immense pressures to excel in competition from intrinsic desire,” Morey, a former Olympic swimmer, said in a press release following her introduction of the legislation. “This bill aims to prevent potentially harmful extrinsic pressures from those who put financial bets above the enjoyment of athletic competition.”