{"id":790,"date":"2022-12-16T12:11:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T09:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/massachusetts-gov-charlie-baker-to-head-ncaa-republican-backs-sports-betting\/"},"modified":"2022-12-16T12:11:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T09:11:52","slug":"massachusetts-gov-charlie-baker-to-head-ncaa-republican-backs-sports-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/nb\/massachusetts-gov-charlie-baker-to-head-ncaa-republican-backs-sports-betting\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker to Head NCAA, Republican Backs Sports Betting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_34 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Innholdsfortegnelse<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1'><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/nb\/massachusetts-gov-charlie-baker-to-head-ncaa-republican-backs-sports-betting\/#Bakers_Backstory_Future\" title=\"Baker\u2019s Backstory, Future\">Baker\u2019s Backstory, Future<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/nb\/massachusetts-gov-charlie-baker-to-head-ncaa-republican-backs-sports-betting\/#Sports_Betting_Proponent\" title=\"Sports Betting Proponent\">Sports Betting Proponent<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) is set to become the next president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).<\/p>\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248201\" data-style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-248201 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/6f02814d26fcae40172232e87a63dcaf-142x95.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/6f02814d26fcae40172232e87a63dcaf-142x95.jpg\" alt=\"Massachusetts Charlie Baker NCAA sports betting\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/6f02814d26fcae40172232e87a63dcaf.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/6f02814d26fcae40172232e87a63dcaf-142x95.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/6f02814d26fcae40172232e87a63dcaf-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/6f02814d26fcae40172232e87a63dcaf-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data- title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-248201\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/6f02814d26fcae40172232e87a63dcaf.jpg\" alt=\"Massachusetts Charlie Baker NCAA sports betting\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/6f02814d26fcae40172232e87a63dcaf.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/6f02814d26fcae40172232e87a63dcaf-142x95.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/6f02814d26fcae40172232e87a63dcaf-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/6f02814d26fcae40172232e87a63dcaf-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"text-description\">Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker delivers his State of the State address on Jan. 25, 2022. Baker is departing Boston in 2023 to head up the NCAA in Indianapolis. (Image: <em>Boston Herald<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">Baker and current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ncaa-mark-emmert-opposed-to-sports-betting-esports-prejudiced\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NCAA President Mark Emmert<\/a> are each soon departing their current jobs. Baker didn\u2019t seek a third term as governor in Massachusetts, while Emmert earlier this year announced he would step down effective March 1, 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">After a nationwide search, the NCAA\u2019s Board of Governors settled on Baker as the next president of the nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among 1,100 universities and colleges in the US.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Governor Baker has shown a remarkable ability to bridge divides and build bipartisan consensus, taking on complex challenges in innovative and effective ways,\u201d<\/strong> said Baylor President Linda Livingstone, chair of the NCAA\u2019s Presidential Search Committee. <strong>\u201cThese skills and perspective will be invaluable as we work with policymakers to build a sustainable model for the future of college athletics.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Baker\u2019s appointment comes as the NCAA is amid a major overhaul in how it functions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In 2021, the NCAA agreed to allow student-athletes to profit off of their name, image, and likeness (NIL). And it\u2019s been almost five years since legal gambling on college sports began spreading across the nation after the US Supreme Court in May 2018 said the legality of such gambling should be left up to each state. Previously, the federal government\u2019s Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) had limited full-scale sports betting to Nevada.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bakers_Backstory_Future\"><\/span><b>Baker\u2019s Backstory, Future<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Baker has served as governor of Massachusetts since 2015. He will be replaced in early January by Democrat Maura Healey, who won the state\u2019s gubernatorial election last month over Republican Geoff Diehl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Though Massachusetts doesn\u2019t term-limit its governors, Baker chose to pursue another endeavor. He\u2019s found it with the NCAA.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe NCAA is confronting complex and significant challenges, but I am excited to get to work as the awesome opportunity college athletics provides to so many students is more than worth the challenge,\u201d Baker said in a statement. \u201cAnd for the fans that faithfully fill stadiums, stands, and gyms from coast to coast, I am eager to ensure the competitions we all love to follow are there for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cOver the coming months, I will begin working with student-athletes and NCAA members as we modernize college sports to suit today\u2019s world, while preserving its essential value,\u201d Baker added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p class=\"p1\">During his eight years as governor, Baker\u2019s administration oversaw the opening of each of the state\u2019s three commercial casinos. Plainridge Park opened as a slots-only casino in June 2015. MGM Springfield and Encore Boston Harbor, two integrated casino resorts with slots and table games, respectively opened in August 2018 and June 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Baker\u2019s predecessor \u2014 Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick \u2014 was in office during the 2011 passage of the Expanded Gaming Act that authorized as many as four brick-and-mortar commercial casinos in the commonwealth.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sports_Betting_Proponent\"><\/span><b>Sports Betting Proponent<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Baker supported Massachusetts\u2019 recent legalization of sports betting. Likening <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/massachusetts-gov-charlie-baker-likens-sports-betting-to-cannabis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sports betting to cannabis<\/a> in that consumers of both industries participate regardless of their legal status, Baker lent his backing to regulation efforts in order to protect bettors while generating new tax revenue.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>[Sports betting is] a little bit like marijuana. If you just leave the black market there, you don\u2019t bring it out of the shadows,\u201d<\/strong> Baker commented in June.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">After months of legislative deadlock regarding regulatory specifics \u2013most importantly whether betting on games involving in-state colleges would be allowed \u2014 Massachusetts lawmakers sent Baker a sports betting compromise in early August. The governor signed the statute a week later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In-person sports betting is expected to begin next month. Online operations are likely to commence in March.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/massachusetts-governor-charlie-baker-to-head-ncaa\/\" target=\"_blank\">Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker to Head NCAA, Republican Backs Sports Betting<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\" target=\"_blank\">Casino.org<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) is set to become the next president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker delivers his State of the State address on Jan. 25, 2022. Baker is departing Boston in 2023 to head up the NCAA in Indianapolis. 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