ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips announced at the 2025 ACC Football Kickoff this week changes to the conference’s reporting process for football injuries. Starting this upcoming football season, ACC member institutions will provide public injury reports at least 48 hours before all conference games to protect student-athletes from individuals attempting to obtain insider information used for gambling. The change in procedure will mirror the NFL’s injury reporting process, which applies certain injury designations to athletes.
“There’s stresses on our student-athletes from individuals that are trying to garner information,” said Phillips. “Sometimes it’s pretty innocent because they just want to know, they’re a big fan, but other times it really does trickle and lead yourself to the gambling and sports wagering kind of path.”
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