Thirteen men's college basketball players and six schools were allegedly involved in gambling schemes, the NCAA announced in a news release shared on Thursday (September 11).
The 13 players involved had formerly played for Eastern Michigan, Temple, Arizona State, New Orleans, North Carolina A&T and Mississippi Valley State and none are currently enrolled at the schools where the alleged infractions took place, though the NCAA declined to name the athletes until the infractions process was concluded. The alleged violations include betting on and against their own teams, as well as sharing information with others for betting purposes, manipulating scoring or game results and/or refusing to participate in the investigation.
"The NCAA monitors over 22,000 contests every year and will continue to aggressively pursue competition integrity risks such as these," NCAA President Charlie Baker said in the press release. "I am grateful for the NCAA enforcement team's relentless work and for the schools' cooperation in these matters. The rise of sports betting is creating more opportunity for athletes across sports to engage in this unacceptable behavior, and 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."
Schools and their respective staffs aren't alleged to be involved in the violations and won't be facing penalties, according to the release.