“What we’ve done, in fact, is brought sports wagering out of the dark corners and put sunshine on it and more transparency on it. MAC Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher said it is impossible to ignore the changing reality. While all the major professional sports leagues have financial agreements with online sportsbooks, college conferences have been slow to get in the game. The NCAA men’s basketball tournament brought in $20 billion in bets this year, Holt said, and more money is wagered on an average college football Saturday than the typical NFL Sunday.
