NCAA condemns Kalshi for readying transfer portal contracts

NCAA President and CEO Charlie Baker said that Kalshi’s apparent intent to offer sports event contracts on which college athletes will enter or withdraw from the transfer portal is “absolutely unacceptable.”

Kalshi filed for self-certification of the transfer portal contracts, as well as markets on whether a player will transfer to a team within a certain time period, to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Tuesday, as first reported by InGame.

The filings stated that the contracts, which would be settled based on “public announcements”, including players’ social media and other channels, would initially be listed on Dec. 17.

A surefire route to integrity issues

Baker responded to the news on Thursday with a strongly worded statement on social media site X.

“The NCAA vehemently opposes college sports prediction markets,” Baker wrote. “It is already bad enough that student-athletes face harassment and abuse for lost bets on game performance, and now Kalshi wants to of..

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