North Carolina
New mobile sports gambling legislation expected this week in North Carolina House
Greater than 150 payments have been filed within the North Carolina Home this session, however invoice drafters and lawmakers have not but accomplished work on laws to legalize sports activities betting on digital and cell gadgets.
Betting on sports activities is authorized in North Carolina at three tribal casinos. Virginia and Tennessee are among the many two dozen states to legalize cell sports activities playing. Lawmakers in Georgia, Texas, Missouri and Vermont, amongst different states, are presently debating legalization.
Gov. Roy Cooper, an avid Carolina Hurricanes fan and attendee at Duke-North Carolina males’s basketball video games in Durham and New Orleans within the final yr, has persistently backed sports activities playing lately.
He instructed reporters final week that he anticipated the laws to cross.
“It is significant to our tenants that we’ve got this,” stated Philip Isley, chairman of the Centennial Authority, which owns PNC Area. “There isn’t any massive push on my half aside from for those who do that, the PNC Area space, the Carter-Finley space is a very good place for this to have the primary one within the Triangle.”
The realm’s faculty groups, together with NC State which performs males’s basketball at PNC Area, haven’t publicly declared their assist or opposition to cell sports activities playing. Betting on faculty sports activities was stripped out of the invoice by an modification final yr on the Home flooring. However supporters plan to permit betting on faculty sports activities of their new laws this yr.
“We have had months now to actually have an opportunity to take a seat down, discuss, see how this all matches into an total financial growth scheme,” stated Home Democratic chief Robert Reives, who voted in opposition to the laws final yr and has not dedicated to voting for it this session.
North Carolina
Steve Belichick heads to North Carolina as defensive coordinator
In the 11 days since Bill Belichick officially became the head coach at North Carolina, not much information has surfaced about his coaching staff.
One big — and expected — piece fell into place today.
Via Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports, Steve Belichick will become the defensive coordinator at UNC. He has spent 2024 as the defensive coordinator at the University of Washington.
During Bill’s courtship by the Tar Heels, reports and speculation emerged regarding an effort to create a succession plan that would make Steve the next head coach after Bill leaves. The contract negotiated and published by North Carolina makes no mention of that.
Still, if things go well and if Belichick remains until he’s ready to retire, he’ll be in position to make a strong case for family continuity. Especially if Bill is poised to become, essentially, coach emeritus of the program with Steve in charge.
North Carolina
Huskies DC Steve Belichick set to join father at North Carolina, per report
In unsurprising news, CBS Sports reported that Washington defensive coordinator Steve Belichick is set to follow his father, Bill, to North Carolina. It is the second lost to UNC for the Huskies after linebacker Khmori House pledged to the Tar Heels earlier this week.
Belichick’s defense was often the highlight for the Huskies throughout the regular season. Washington had the fifth-best pass defense in the nation, allowing just 166.8 yards per outing and 13 touchdowns on the year. It was an obvious strength for the Dawgs leading into the season and was pivotal in all six wins.
Belichick spent just one season on Montlake. He joined Jedd Fisch’s highly touted NFL experience-rich staff. He’ll continue that trend, once again joining forces with a man many consider the greatest NFL head coach of all time. Bill will lead a college program for the first time in his career.
Suddenly, North Carolina is an intriguing destination that the Huskies must be wary of after already losing House. USA Today college football reporter Matt Hayes said on X that UNC would increase its NIL package for football “from 4 million to $20 million in effort to land Belichick.”
On the surface, there isn’t much to fear about UNC on the gridiron. However, the sweet selection of uniforms, a sudden surplus of NIL funds, Power 4 residency and the opportunity to play under the Belichick duo could be very attractive to NFL hopefuls.
Fisch addressed the potential of having to replace Belichick earlier this month.
“If (Steve) joins (Bill) then we’ll have to hire a new defensive coordinator,” Fisch said. “If he stays here then we won’t have to hire a new defensive coordinator. I think they’re separate. Bill Belichick is not on our staff. Steve Belichick is on our staff. So, Bill will determine whether or not he wants to continue. He’s the greatest coach of all time. So, if he goes and coaches somewhere, then he’ll make a decision, and then Steve will make a decision and we’ll figure it out from there.”
As for what’s next on Montlake, our Luke Kemper has you covered.
Click HERE to view his DC replacement scenarios.
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