Former UNCChapel Hill basketball coach Dean Smith, University of South Carolina football coach Lou Holtz and University of Kentucky basketball coach Tubby Smith will all testify before the House Judiciary Committee.
The legislation to end legal betting on college sport specifically targets Nevada, the only state where betting on college athletics is allowed and where sports gambling is a $2.3billion industry.
The bill, recommended last year by the National Gambling Impact Study Commission, also would make it a federal crime to bet on high school and Olympic sports.
