📡 Las Vegas being opened up to NCAA championship events is now on hold.

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A possible landmark change in the NCAA’s stance against placing championship events in Nevada now seems to be on hold.

Next month, the NCAA Board of Governors will consider a formal proposal from UNLV and the Mountain West to stage three NCAA championship events in Las Vegas from 2019-22.

Separate from those is a proposal to play the entire women’s Sweet 16 down to the Final Four in Vegas. That would have to be approved by different NCAA entities.

However, multiple sources have told CBS Sports the chance of those bids being approved have decreased of late. That’s because the NCAA continues to be a plaintiff fighting a New Jersey law passed in 2014 allowing sports gambling within the state.

So far, New Jersey has failed on every front to implement the law. In addition to the NCAA, plaintiffs fighting the law include the NFL, NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball, as well as the Department of Justice.

The U.S. Supreme Court is in the process of deciding whether it will hear New Jersey’s appeal in the case. West Virginia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Wisconsin have also filed briefs with the court in support of New Jersey.

In short, it’s a case of bad optics for the NCAA at this time. Sources say the association would be hesitant to approve championship events in Nevada while it fights sports gambling in New Jersey.

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