Saint Joseph’s University has forbidden its students and faculty from betting on the school’s athletics, despite sports betting being legal and regulated in Pennsylvania, writes Brett Smiley for SportsHandle.com.

The updated student handbook sets out the new interim policy, which states that students, faculty, staff, contractors, and members of the Board of Trustees are forbidden from placing “an otherwise legal sports wager on any team, contest or event, or individual affiliated with the Saint Joseph’s University Department of Athletics.”

According to the policy, anyone who violates these rules “will be subject to disciplinary action in accordance with the applicable university procedures that implements sanctions for students, faculty, and staff.“

This makes SJU the first educational institution nationwide to implement such a policy in a state where sports wagering is allowed.

However, the student-athletes and athletic employees have long been prohibited by the NCAA from betting on any collegiate athletics events.

Legal sports betting has been permitted in 13 states, including Pennsylvania, since May 2018 after the Supreme Court struck down the federal ban on outright wagering outside Nevada.

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