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Optimum Performance: NCAA won't gamble on providing injury info

With sports gambling now legal, there's a debate over whether to require injury reports in college football.

The NFL has a mandated injury reporting system for each team -- which the players consent to as a condition of employment -- outlining a player's game status and in-game updates.

Indiana safety Jonathan Crawford was asked for his thoughts on a college releasing information on player injuries.

"No, especially if I have no say in it. I wouldn't want my personal business out there."

Assisting bettors to make a more informed decision on a game's outcome, based on a key player's health status, at the expense of said athlete's privacy -- currently protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA,1996) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) -- is crazy.