The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the US has said that 80% of its athletic directors are opposed to expanding legalised sports betting in the country.

The state of New Jersey is currently heading up an effort to overturn the federal 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA).

PASPA makes it unlawful for governmental entities to sponsor, operate, advertise, promote, licence or authorise betting, gambling or wagering schemes that are based on games played by amateur or professional athletes.

Nevada is the only state in which PASPA does not apply, but the situation may change should the US Supreme Court rule in favour of New Jersey later this year.

A number of professional sports leagues have thrown their backing behind the expansion plans, including the National Basketball Association.

However, Tom McMillen, head of Lead1, a group composed of athletic directors from NCAA Division I, told Legal Sports Report that the majority of members of the organisation would not favour expansion.

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