Ohio lawmakers have introduced bills to legalize sports betting. But Ohio鈥檚 universities don鈥檛 want to be dealt in on those bills or any others that

Bruce Johnson, president of the Inter-University Council of Ohio, says that leaders of state universities want college sports excluded from sports betting. 

鈥淧eople who run athletics departments across the state feel very strongly that student athletes don鈥檛 need to be confronted with additional challenge of having gambling right down the street on their athletic events," Johnson says.

Johnson says the NCAA has strong rules preventing gambling on games by students and coaches. Because it can be tempting, he says legalized betting could increase the cost of compliance for colleges.