Sanity usually doesn’t prevail as often as it should. When it does, it should be celebrated.

Via Amanda Christovich of FrontOfficeSports.com, the NCAA has rescinded a rule that would have allowed college athletes to bet on professional sports.

The rule had passed NCAA committees in all three college divisions.

Originally, the rule was scheduled to become effective on November 1. After the NBA’s latest gambling scandal, the NCAA pressed pause. (The NCAA reportedly took another look at the rule for multiple reasons.)

A vote of more than two thirds of the 361 NCAA member schools was required to overturn the rule. The decision came 30 minutes before the deadline for overturning the rule, with St. John’s casting the ballot that cliched the cancellation of the proposed change.

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