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March 27th, 2009, 09:20 AM
03-27-2009 09:10 AM
NCAA: Betting Equals No Playoffs (for Delaware and Delaware State)
Markell calls association’s ban on hosting postseason sporting events ‘retaliatory’.
http://cmsimg.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=BL&Date=20090326&Category=NEWS02&ArtNo=903260362&Ref=V2&MaxW=318&Border=0The NCAA would ban playoff games in Delaware if the state legalizes sports betting, as proposed last week by Gov. Jack Markell.
That would mean no more home playoff games for the University of Delaware, including its football squad, which has played 22 such games since 1973. Delaware State University and Wesley College officials also say the policy would have a great impact on them.
“It would be tragic” if the Blue Hens could not play NCAA postseason games at home, Delaware football coach K.C. Keeler said Wednesday after a spring practice session.
Read more ... (http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/index.php/2009/03/27/ncaa-betting-equals-no-playoffs-for-dela?blog=2#more4539)
NCAA: Betting Equals No Playoffs (for Delaware and Delaware State)
Markell calls association’s ban on hosting postseason sporting events ‘retaliatory’.
http://cmsimg.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=BL&Date=20090326&Category=NEWS02&ArtNo=903260362&Ref=V2&MaxW=318&Border=0The NCAA would ban playoff games in Delaware if the state legalizes sports betting, as proposed last week by Gov. Jack Markell.
That would mean no more home playoff games for the University of Delaware, including its football squad, which has played 22 such games since 1973. Delaware State University and Wesley College officials also say the policy would have a great impact on them.
“It would be tragic” if the Blue Hens could not play NCAA postseason games at home, Delaware football coach K.C. Keeler said Wednesday after a spring practice session.
Read more ... (http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/index.php/2009/03/27/ncaa-betting-equals-no-playoffs-for-dela?blog=2#more4539)