NCAA Legal Thread

[Lobot]

Justin WIlliams with a really good breakdown of all the NCAA pending litigation cases going on. ($)

https://theathletic.com/5174023/2024...sion-lawsuits/

[swilsonsp4]

This is already being discussed in the NCAA Legal Thread. It is really big news but so far it has involved smaller colleges where there is no NIL money. It appears that the gamblers have left the big schools alone since those players are getting paid more than what the bribes are.

That might be part of the school selection process, but the miscreants might have targeted smaller schools that virtually no one pays attention to. No big TV games; no national attention. Just hoping to commit crimes with no one noticing (they thought). They didn't take into account that the sports books have access to mountains of data analysis that can pick up on out-of-the-ordinary betting patterns.

[bearcatlifer]

This is only one scheme that has come to light. There may be much more below the surface.Amazing how somebody somehow buried the story involving the NBA. What did they think was going to happen!?

[bearcatbret]

This is already being discussed in the NCAA Legal Thread. It is really big news but so far it has involved smaller colleges where there is no NIL money. It appears that the gamblers have left the big schools alone since those players are getting paid more than what the bribes are.

[bearcatlifer]

It was only a question of when.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...shaving-scheme

[bearcatbret]

Just a repeat of the above.
College Sports World ROCKED By Terrifying Gambling Scandal | Fanrecap.com
Ohio University, Kent State games mentioned in alleged basketball point-shaving scheme | NBC4 WCMH-TV

[GoBearcats31]

Many college players among 20 charged in point-shaving scheme

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...shaving-scheme

Twenty men have been charged in a point-shaving scheme involving more than 39 college basketball players on 17 NCAA Division I teams, leading to more than 29 games being fixed, according to a federal indictment unsealed Thursday in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.


Among them is Carlos Hart, who led Eastern Michigan with 15 points versus UC back in November...

[bearcatbret]

This may be the end to the NCAA enforcement body. An Alabama judge just ruled to reinstate Pruitt (formerly TN coach) who was on a 6-year ban for recruiting violations.
Wetzel: Is this Alabama court ruling the last straw for NCAA enforcement? - ESPN

[swilsonsp4]

Some more names have cropped up in the gambling probe. One of them, Da'Sean Nelson, was one of the first players that Wes Miller offered after UC hired him in 2021. Nelson, from Toledo Rogers HS, was at Kilgore CC then. He went to DePaul, then on to EMU, where he allegedly was involved in the illicit schemes.

Ex-Eastern Michigan players refused to participate in betting probe - ESPN

[bearcatbret]

The NCAA is not involved but there have been several articles about sports betting and point shaving. This article lists a few names and other articles have implicated US Senators. I believe that Steven A. Smith also has an article about this.
https://fanrecap.com/cincinnati-bear...87aURU-nE0kVyQ

[Lobot]

Players formerly associated with Eastern Michigan, Temple, Arizona State, New Orleans, North Carolina A&T and Mississippi Valley State are under investigation for gambling violations, according to the NCAA, which declined to name the athletes until the infractions process has concluded.

There's a whole different thread on this : https://vb.bearcatnews.com/forum/gen...igation-not-uc

[fmirzamd]

Players formerly associated with Eastern Michigan, Temple, Arizona State, New Orleans, North Carolina A&T and Mississippi Valley State are under investigation for gambling violations, according to the NCAA, which declined to name the athletes until the infractions process has concluded.

[CatCane]

Coach Nick Saban was on Fox News and said President Trump's order was a good start in the right direction and he thanked the president for issuing it.

[red_n_black_attack]

I like the concept in theory, especially speicfying that athletes are not university employees. I had to laugh at the part prohibiting 3rd party direct payments unless there is an endorsement, then it goes on to say the NCAA has had this rule for the past several years. Oh well, 2 steps forward, one step sideways.

[swilsonsp4]

More here: https://www.on3.com/nil/news/ncaa-au...ollege-sports/

Executive Orders that usurp Congress's Article I powers don't last five minutes in federal courts. Someone is undoubtedly in the process of filing suits. Even if this held up, the next administration could reverse it. Such orders do not constitute legislation.