Iowa, Iowa St gambling investigation

[MSOrange]

Iowa, Iowa St. investigating athletes gambling

Iowa and Iowa State announced investigations into possible gambling by athletes across several sports on Monday.

www.espn.com

 

[Orangezoo]

Iowa, Iowa St. investigating athletes gambling

Iowa and Iowa State announced investigations into possible gambling by athletes across several sports on Monday.

www.espn.com

As if there isn't enough controversy around college sports today...yikes

 

[dasher]

Iowa, Iowa St. investigating athletes gambling

Iowa and Iowa State announced investigations into possible gambling by athletes across several sports on Monday.

www.espn.com

That is very bad news. I always remind people, we don't know these kids.

 

[Cheriehoop]

Bet there will be more. Alabama just fired their baseball coach a week ago over a team gambling cloud. University Of Alabama Baseball Coach Brad Bohannon Fired Amid Disturbing Gambling Allegations

 

[Willy75]

The expansion of legalized gambling made this inevitable. There will be more cases, a lot more.

 

[Cheriehoop]

The expansion of legalized gambling made this inevitable. There will be more cases, a lot more.

I also think that many players etc don’t fear the NCAA nor rules anymore.

 

[jdubs30]

Just another check box on the “college sports will never be the same again and is doomed” list

 

[SUGIANT]

Just another check box on the “college sports will never be the same again and is doomed” list

It won’t be the same, but it doesn’t mean it’s doomed. Things change and change some more.

 

[dollarbill44]

I also think that many players etc don’t fear the NCAA nor rules anymore.

Well, they may not fear the NCAA, but they may not like swapping a uniform for a federal jumpsuit.

 

[Brooky03]

If they were betting on games they were playing in or games in which they had insider knowledge, that’s obviously a big problem.

If we’re taking about them betting on other games that they weren’t connected to, this is just a dumb NCAA rule that nobody should really care about. Does the rule really not allow players to gamble on professional sports? Who the hell thought that made sense?

 

[corpjet]

The expansion of legalized gambling made this inevitable. There will be more cases, a lot more.

Or has legalized gambling uncovered more than what we thought was happening for so long.

Lot more eyes and ears on it now that it’s legalized watching these “obscure bets” and throwing up red flags that they can easily investigate with the digital fingerprints

 

[Cuse99&01]

If they were betting on games they were playing in or games in which they had insider knowledge, that’s obviously a big problem.

If we’re taking about them betting on other games that they weren’t connected to, this is just a dumb NCAA rule that nobody should really care about. Does the rule really not allow players to gamble on professional sports? Who the hell thought that made sense?

The rule is, if a sport is played at the NCAA level, college athletes, staff members and coaches—anyone within the athletic department—is prohibited from betting on that sport.

 

[Brooky03]

The rule is, if a sport is played at the NCAA level, college athletes, staff members and coaches—anyone within the athletic department—is prohibited from betting on that sport.

Very dumb rule

 

[Orangezoo]

Not betting on your own sport is a fair rule. In what world is that a good idea? Especially with the portal these days?

 

[Cheriehoop]

Very dumb rule

No.

 

[kcsu]

Very dumb rule

Did you attend Rutgers

 

[Cuse99&01]

Very dumb rule

Agree. A lot of these gambling rules are silly. The NFL will allow their players to bet on sports other than the NFL as long as it is not done on NFL property (stadiums, practice/training facilities, planes, buses, etc).

 

[Cuse99&01]

Not betting on your own sport is a fair rule. In what world is that a good idea? Especially with the portal these days?

It’s just not on your sport. It’s any sport that is played at the ncaa level.

 

[Cheriehoop]

https://nflcommunications.com/Documents/2018%20Policies/2018%20Gambling%20Policy%20-%20FINAL.pdf

What are the NFL’s gambling rules?

The NFL suspended multiple players Friday for violating the league's policy on sports betting.

theathletic.com

 

[Brooky03]

No.

It’s not dumb to prohibit adults from legally betting on games they have nothing to do with?

Why?

 

[Brooky03]

Not betting on your own sport is a fair rule. In what world is that a good idea? Especially with the portal these days?

Not betting on NBA basketball because you play college basketball is a good rule?

 

[Orangezoo]

It’s just not on your sport. It’s any sport that is played at the ncaa level.

Honestly it still doesn't matter. It's a fair rule. The old ASU betting ring was for point shaving but this rule covers that base too as to not have SAs in a betting ring. It's an issue for many reasons beyond just how it impacts a game along. A good safety measure too. Want to bet? Learn how to invest for the future.

Many years of managing programs that directly and indirectly work with people on their finances and financial literacy- gambling is one of the absolute worst things for a young person to get into before they have established how to manage their money. It's far beyond the integrity of the sport and gets into long term considerations.

 

[Brooky03]

Did you attend Rutgers

I don’t get the reference. I’m guessing Rutgers had a gambling scandal at some point?

I just don’t know why a college water polo player can’t bet on the MLB.

 

[Brooky03]

Honestly it still doesn't matter. It's a fair rule. The old ASU betting ring was for point shaving but this rule covers that base too as to not have SAs in a betting ring. It's an issue for many reasons beyond just how it impacts a game along. A good safety measure too. Want to bet? Learn how to invest for the future.

Many years of managing programs that directly and indirectly work with people on their finances and financial literacy- gambling is one of the absolute worst things for a young person to get into before they have established how to manage their money. It's far beyond the integrity of the sport and gets into long term considerations.

Does the NCAA prohibit players from smoking cigarettes or (of age) drinking alcohol when they’re off campus and away from anything affiliated with the school/team?

I mean, if we’re so concerned with their well being, we should definitely be making sure they don’t do any legal things that could be harmful.

 

[Brooky03]

Statistically speaking, 90% of gamblers (not a number I pulled from a hat, a real data-driven number) gamble responsibly and don’t have their world come crashing down around them because of it.

Rules that ‘protect’ the 1/10 who happen to be idiots are good rules? Okay.