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NCAA Panel Recommends Allowing DI College Athletes to Bet on Pro Sports
Is the end of the stick slam in women's college lacrosse near?
Steve Ulrich
June 26, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 10 minutes
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JUNE 26, 2025 | composed by STEVE ULRICH
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1. NCAA Panel Recommends Allowing DI College Athletes to Bet on Pro Sports
by Steve Berkowitz, USA TODAY
“A top NCAA policy-making group on Tuesday, June 24 voted to recommend that the association change its rules to allow Division I athletes and athletics staff members to bet on professional sports events, the association announced.
The move by the NCAA Division I Council will not become final until the group concludes meetings on June 25 and will not take effect unless similar governance groups representing Division II and Division III later this summer approve the move and will require formal adoption in October. However, this past April, the Division III Management Council “took action to support, in concept, noncontroversial legislation deregulating betting on professional sports.”
» The Big Picture. “The NCAA’s announcement said that under the Council’s recommendation, college athletes and staff members would continue to be prohibited from betting on college sports and from sharing information with bettors about college sports events. The NCAA also said it would continue to keep NCAA championships free from "advertising and sponsorships associated with betting."
» What They’re Saying. "NCAA rules prohibiting sports betting at all levels were written and adopted at a time when sports gambling was largely illegal nationwide," Illinois athletics director and Division I Council chair Josh Whitman said in the NCAA's statement. “"As betting on sports has become more widely accepted across the country, Division I members have determined that further discussion of these sports betting rules is warranted, particularly as it relates to the potential distinctions between betting on professional versus collegiate sports.”
RULES
2. Women’s Lacrosse Rules Committee Recap
The end of the stick slam in women's college lacrosse could be near.
The NCAA Women's Lacrosse Rules Committee announced proposals on Monday with aims to improve the pace of play. A proposal to end stick checks after goals headlines the recommendations.
Committee members, who met last week in Indianapolis, approved the following measures:
Expanding one-minute releasable penalties in the midfield to all over the field, except in the critical scoring area.
Using an advantage signal for one-minute releasable penalties, when applicable, which would allow teams the opportunity to play on. The one-minute penalty could be negated if a goal is scored during the advantage or administered at the conclusion of the advantage period.
Running the clock on 8-meter free positions, except for the last minute of each quarter or overtime.
Setting up 8-meter free positions only at the two adjacent hashes on both sides of the center hash.
Upgrading dangerous contact penalties to a nonreleasable yellow card.
Flagging shooting space fouls in the critical scoring area.
» Stick Checks and Draws. “The committee proposed ending stick checks after goals are scored. Also, teams would have 30 seconds after a goal is scored to be ready for the ensuing draw at midfield. If a team isn't ready for the draw by the end of the 30 seconds, possession would be awarded to the other team. Overall, draws would occur only at the start of the game, at the start of overtime and after goals are scored. The team having possession of the ball at the end of the first, second and third quarters would maintain possession when the next quarter starts.”
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NEWS
3. Maine Coaches, Players Bristle At Inequities in College Lacrosse Championships
by Zoe Schaedle, Portland Press Herald
“Lydia Dexter, the women’s lacrosse coach at St. Joseph’s College of Maine, attended the Division I women’s lacrosse championship at Gillette Stadium with some of her players last month.
They stuck around for the men’s Division II and III finals, which also were on May 25 at the home of the New England Patriots, and saw firsthand the perks of playing at an NFL stadium.
That opportunity, however, is not afforded to the women’s teams at the top of Division II and III lacrosse, who play their championship games at smaller colleges.”
» Field Awareness. “The difference in venues raises concerns over equity between men’s and women’s teams in college athletics. In a news conference following her team’s loss to Middlebury College in the women’s DIII final in May, Tufts head lacrosse coach Courtney Shute criticized the NCAA for holding the game at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia, which lacks the amenities, accessibility and drawing power of a pro football stadium.”
» Between The Lines. “Gillette Stadium submitted a bid to host all six NCAA lacrosse championships together in 2025 and 2026. However, committees decided to host the DII and DIII women’s championships in Salem, Va. Only the DI Women’s Lacrosse committee which, after having discussions with the men’s DI committee and “the local organizing host to make the collaboration work,” joined the men this year, just as they had in 2017.
» Why It Matters. “The Tufts women’s lacrosse alumni network rallied behind Shute’s claims, sending a letter to the NCAA demanding championship gender equity while citing the equity report along with attendance facts and figures. “The NCAA is perpetuating an ideology that a woman and man who make it to the same final stage in their respective tournaments in the same division playing the same sport (and in the case of Adelphi, Tampa, and Tufts this year — at the same school) deserve drastically stratified levels of visibility, accessibility, pomp and circumstance … on the basis of gender alone,” the letter claimed.”
» What They’re Saying. “We just have to be thoughtful that we’re giving our student athletes, both the men and the women, the best experience we can,” Colby College women’s lacrosse coach Karen Henning said. “I really do think that a lot of people care, it’s more about not knowing enough about the situation.”
RECRUITING
4. 2026 Commitments
BABSON - Sydney Goodspeed, A, Colorado Academy
NAZARETH - Jackson Farwell, A, Tatnall School
SWARTHMORE - Aidan Kang, D, Don Bosco Prep
VIRGINIA WESLEYAN - Braden Olsen, GK, Nolensville HS
YORK - Tyler Lawhorne, M, Severna Park HS
NEWS YOU CAN USE
5. Lightning Round ⚡️
» Finances. “The Kean University Board of Trustees voted this week to apply in-state tuition rates to students from several surrounding states, expanding access and opportunity for students across the region. The new rates apply to students from New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.”
» Partnership. “The IWLCA is thrilled to announce Teamitup, a cutting-edge real-time performance tracking platform designed to simplify how athletes share their results and stats with coaches, as its newest Official Partner. Teamitup provides coaches with instant access to player updates from any competition, significantly boosting player exposure and fostering year-round connectivity between coaches and athletes.”
TRANSACTIONS
6. Comings and Goings
KEUKA - Courtney Lafler named head women’s lacrosse coach
ST. MARY’S (Md.) - Brittany Morris resigned as head women’s lacrosse coach to take head position at Xavier
STEVENSON - Kathy Railey announced her retirement as head women’s lacrosse coach
WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE - CJ Puhl named head women’s lacrosse coach
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