It started with a quiet vote on October 8. Little did anyone know it was going to send shockwaves through college athletics before most fans even realized what happened. The NCAA Division I Cabinet, a committee sitting just below the board of directors, voted to lift the ban preventing athletes from betting on professional sports. On the surface, it sounded like progress. In reality, it triggered a tidal wave of backlash across the nation’s most powerful football programs. But schools and conferences can still choose to enforce their own bans. And now, that’s exactly what they’re rallying to do.

The NCAA, sensing the storm, announced that it’s delaying the new rule and could even roll it back entirely by a November vote. According to a report from Ross Dellenger on X on November 7, “ N

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