The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has sent a letter to Kalshi saying it is worried that some of the language on the prediction market platform might mislead users into thinking the organization plays an official role in checking outcomes.

In the letter dated October 30, the NCAA’s Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Scott Bearby, wrote that wording on Kalshi.com could “imply to the consuming public that the NCAA has some relationship with Kalshi which involves the NCAA ‘verifying’ or ‘approving’ data for Kalshi.”

The organization warned that “given the NCAA’s stance on sports betting, this could cause significant harm to the value and goodwill of the NCAA brand.”

News: the NCAA sent a letter to Kalshi expressing concern that some language on the platform will “imply to the consuming public” there is an official relationship between the two.

The NCAA wants Kalshi to edit language to make clear there is not.

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The NCAA said the issue came about after it was “brought to our attention that Kalshi uses the language ‘Outcome verified from NCAA’ (with a hyperlink to NCAA.COM).” The letter asked Kalshi to change the wording to “something which clearly reflects the reality of the relationship.” As an example, the NCAA suggested swapping in the phrase “Outcome sourced from NCAA.COM.”

The organization also called on the platform to include a disclaimer on any pages that deal with NCAA games or contests. The suggested wording reads: “Kalshi is an independent sports betting platform and is not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with the NCAA.”

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