NCAA president: prop betting on college athletes 'enormously problematic'

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — NCAA President Charlie Baker has already been pushing for states with legal wagering to ban betting on individual performances for college athletes.

Yet he's getting constant reminders of how pervasive it has become and how big of a challenge it will be to manage — even during the high point of a women's Final Four featuring Iowa superstar Caitlin Clark that generated huge TV ratings.

“Did any of you notice how much time is spent on cable TV about Caitlin Clark's prop performance in the first game, and leading into the second game?" Baker told reporters Monday night, shortly before the NCAA men's championship game between UConn and Purdue.

"Is that really what we should be talking about in the middle of a women's Final Four?”