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Reuters
25-04-2025
- Business
- Reuters
NCAA reaches deal with sportsbooks for data, logos
April 25 - The NCAA is set to forge a partnership with sportsbooks after an agreement was reached to supply data from its championship events through Genius Sports, multiple outlets reported Friday. Because the NCAA is not in charge of the College Football Playoff, the biggest impact from the new deal will come with information supplied through the men's and women's basketball tournaments. The agreement, which runs through 2032, does not include regular-season games. In addition, the agreement allows sportsbooks to access official NCAA-affiliated logos. While the NCAA has tried to keep its distance from the growing sports betting industry, the partnership with Genius Sports puts it more in line with professional sports leagues that have working relationships with the industry. With online harassment of student athletes on the rise, NCAA president Charlie Baker spoke at a Senate hearing about the impact of sports betting and college athletics in December. The NCAA's chief concern is with betting options tied to an individual player. Genius Sports will now supply sportsbooks with official game data, through an authorized gaming license, while "limiting risky bet types," and "safeguarding student-athletes," are listed as primary goals of the London-based company. "NCAA data will only be available to sportsbooks if they remove risky bets from their platforms and agree to fully cooperate with NCAA investigations and provide key information including geolocation data and device records," NCAA senior vice president of external affairs Tim Buckley said in a statement, according to ESPN. "The NCAA retains the right to terminate any sportsbook data license if integrity protections are violated -- ensuring real accountability." NCAA member schools will continue to get live game statistics for free through NCAA LiveStats, ESPN reported. --Field Level Media
Fox Sports
17-03-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
NIT makes 'avoidable' and 'unfortunate' error while offering South Alabama a tourney bid
Associated Press MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Even amid the backdrop of college basketball's chaotic postseason, what happened to South Alabama was 'avoidable' and 'unfortunate,' the school's athletic director said Monday. The Jaguars received an invitation to the NCAA-affiliated National Invitation Tournament following the reveal of the NCAA Tournament bracket Sunday and immediately accepted. An hour later, the NIT called back and rescinded the offer because it had overbooked the bracket. The issue? NIT officials thought a spot opened because UC Riverside was locked into another postseason tournament, the College Basketball Invitational. But UC Riverside got out of the CBI and accepted the NIT offer. That left South Alabama high and dry, even though coach Richie Riley had already told his players they were playing in the postseason. The NIT apologized, but the damage was done — and irreversible. 'We are disappointed that the NIT prematurely extended an invitation to our men's basketball team to participate in this year's tournament before confirming a spot was available,' South Alabama athletic director Joel Erdmann said in a statement. 'This was an avoidable situation that has made a negative impact on our student-athletes and coaches, so we appreciate and acknowledge the NIT's apology. 'It is unfortunate this invitation was taken away from our program. But what will not be taken away is the 2025 Sun Belt Conference champions banner that will forever hang in the Mitchell Center.' Troy earned the automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament by winning the Sun Belt Conference tourney earlier this month. Troy beat Arkansas State in the final after Arkansas State upset top-seeded South Alabama in the semifinals. The Jaguars were obviously disappointed with not landing a NCAA berth. The NIT's miscommunication added insult to misery. 'After the NIT bracket was released Sunday evening, it was brought to the NIT's attention that one of the teams scheduled to participate in the tournament has also committed to a non-NCAA affiliated postseason event,' NCAA senior vice president of basketball Dan Gavitt said. 'In an effort to secure another participating team, the NIT prematurely extended an invitation to the South Alabama Jaguars, prior to learning that the original team chose to accept its invitation to the NIT. 'Regrettably, the NIT rescinded its invitation to South Alabama. We understand the emotional impact this confusion created, and we sincerely apologize to South Alabama, head coach Richie Riley and all the student-athletes for the error.' ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here. AP college basketball: and recommended in this topic
