NCAA President Charlie Baker reiterated the issues that prop betting has created for college athletics before the start of the NCAA Tournament. 

Baker spoke on the topic during a sit-down with “CBS Evening News” that aired hours before the opening game of the First Four of March Madness began on Tuesday.  

The NCAA head said the biggest concern he had heard from college athletes is over prop betting and the toxic atmosphere it has created inside venues.

Baker described the comments that are coming from fans related to this type of sports betting, saying fans yell at the student-athletes. 

“Go sit behind the bench at one of these conference tournaments and listen to the bettors, yell and scream at these kids about their performance,” Baker said. “‘You need to do better. I’m losing money on you.’ Or the stuff that shows up online which we track in our tournaments, which is way more vicious and brutal than that. It’s really, this is a problem.”

Baker said the NCAA is trying to fix the problem by encouraging state gaming authorities to ban prop betting on college athletics.