No backing down: FanDuel refuses to stop college fantasy games

FanDuel will not stop offering college fantasy games even though NCAA officials have already barred its athletes from participating in the sport.

Sports news outlet ESPN.com obtained a letter penned by FanDuel’s chief lawyer Christian Genetski, in which he said the site “does not plan to make changes to our games at this time, and certainly not without further conversations with you.

In the letter, which was addressed to NCAA Vice President Mark Lewis, Genetski stressed the association has no legal basis for forcing FanDuel to stop offering college fantasy games because the names in the statistics “cannot implicate their amateur status,” according to the news agency.

Last month, NCAA has forbidden college athletes from any kind of sports wagering, including playing fantasy sports, which it believes “has the potential to undermine the integrity of sports contests and jeopardizes the welfare of student-athletes and the intercollegiate athletics community.”