NCAA investigates 13 former basketball players for sports betting violations
The NCAA is probing prospective violations of sports betting rules involving former men s basketball players who competed for six schools Cases include athletes formerly associated with Eastern Michigan Temple Arizona State New Orleans North Carolina A T and Mississippi Valley The schools are not under scrutiny or at threat of being penalized The NCAA s integrity monitoring initiative and framework of sources flagged text messages and direct messages on social media platforms and revealed extraordinary betting exercises around regular-season games The violations include student-athletes betting on and against their own teams sharing information with third parties for purposes of sports betting manipulating scoring or outcomes and or refusing to participate in the scrutiny Arizona State University is aware of the NCAA review and outcome related to a former student-athlete who is no longer enrolled at ASU the school reported in a message The university cooperated fully with all inquiries and was not implicated in any way The NCAA Committee on Infractions has resolved three similar cases concluding that three men s basketball student-athletes who played for Fresno State and San Jose State violated the NCAA s rules against sports betting and manipulated battle outcomes In the development involving Fresno State and San Jose State the enforcement scrutiny concluded that Mykell Robinson Steven Vasquez and Jalen Weaver a former Smoky Hill High School star bet on one another s games and or provided information that enabled others to do so last season Two manipulated their performances to ensure winning bets Their eligibility was permanently revoked The NCAA reported it will not name the athletes in the six cases until after the analysis None of them are enrolled at their previous NCAA schools The NCAA monitors over contests every year and will continue to aggressively pursue competition integrity risks such as these NCAA President Charlie Baker stated in a message I am grateful for the NCAA enforcement squad s relentless work and for the schools cooperation in these matters Related Articles NCAA permanently revokes eligibility of players for betting on their own games including former Colorado prep star How historic House settlement will impact CU CSU and college athletic programs everywhere DU Pioneers AD Men s basketball has progress feasible under new coach Tim Bergstraser Pac- media rights The CW mirrors CBS signs deal for football hoops CU Buffs men s basketball adds international recruit Alon Michaeli Baker revealed the rise of sports betting is creating more chances to commit violations While legalized sports betting is here to stay regulators and gaming companies can do more to reduce these integrity risks by eliminating prop bets and giving sports leagues a seat at the table when setting policies he mentioned
