Comprehensive Kentucky Bill would Eliminate In-State College Player Props A new bill presented to Kentucky legislators aims to make several major changes to the state’s gambling regulations, such as banning proposition bets on student-athletes at in-state institutions. House Bill 904 would also increase the legal sports betting age, regulate fantasy contest operators, and introduce a self-exclusion list, among other changes. - Bettors would still be allowed to wager on prop lines for student-athletes from different states. - The NCAA President has campaigned for states to completely remove player prop bets. - Fantasy sports contests would also become regulated by the state’s commission. There are more states that prohibit prop bets for college athletes than there are that allow them. Kentucky was among the minority that not only offered them, but offered them in full. HB 904 would restrict the list of available wagers to students competing for out-of-state colleges and universities. The goal of this change is to help student-athletes uphold their integrity by limiting the possibility of nefarious interference, as well as reducing the threat of harassment. "We’ve seen it in the NBA, we’ve seen players in the NFL even get suspended for betting on these prop bets," said Brad Taylor, host of the sports betting radio show Bottomline with Brad Taylor. "If you’re an 18, 19, 20-year-old kid and maybe you don’t have all that income that the big professionals have, yeah, it would be easy to say, ‘Yeah, maybe I won’t score as many points tonight, and I’ll cash in; maybe my friends will cash in.’" The bill echoes the sentiment of NCAA President Charlie Baker, who has worked with state betting regulators to eliminate prop bets. It also came the same week that Colorado introduced a bill to eliminate prop bets entirely.