Iowa, Iowa State investigating athletes gambling

Navy_illini · May 8, 2023

Iowa, Iowa State investigating athletes gambling

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

www.espn.com

Should be easy to prove if they use a legitimate site. I understand not being able to bet on NCAA sports if you are an athlete but I think pro sports should be allowed

RabidDawgClassic · May 9, 2023

Four hours in and not a single comment? We aren’t all of the sudden empathizing with Iowa, are we???

BretMyBeachHouse · May 9, 2023

It will be interesting to see if the NCAA implements injury reports similar to the NFL. I believe those came about in response to insider info being used in gambling.

SuperintendentChalmers · May 9, 2023

RabidDawgClassic said:
Four hours in and not a single comment? We aren’t all of the sudden empathizing with Iowa, are we???

It seems unlikely that any school's athletes would have a completely clean record here.

IllinoisssssssVarsity · May 9, 2023

Navy_illini said:
Iowa, Iowa State investigating athletes gambling

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

www.espn.com

Should be easy to prove if they use a legitimate site. I understand not being able to bet on NCAA sports if you are an athlete but I think pro sports should be allowed

If it ain’t your game, why not?

ChiefGritty · May 9, 2023

Lol it will turn out that football players have been betting the under on Iowa/Iowa State for years.

The Galloping Ghost · May 9, 2023

IllinoisssssssVarsity said:
If it ain’t your game, why not?

And when it is your games...

Alabama baseball coach Brad Bohannon fired after link to suspicious bets, sources say

Alabama baseball coach Brad Bohannon was fired Thursday amid a widespread investigation into suspicious betting activity on the Crimson Tide's game against LSU six days ago.

www.espn.com

This is something we're going to see more and more of. The plus side of legalization and regulation is that a heck of a lot more people are monitoring it, too. I find the shift in coverage of sports toward the gambling side to be wildly offputting. I get it. People love the dopamine hit. There's money to be made. For me, though, it's just another reason I'm slowly starting to watch sports less and less.

Krombopulos_Michael · May 9, 2023

From the Athletic’s article regarding the investigation. So while not an outright ban on sports betting from the NCAA exists per se, there pretty much is one unless they’re gambling on pickleball.

Mr. Tibbs · May 9, 2023

for many reasons really, College athletes on any roster should be prohibited from sports gambling on legit sites or any others not so legit

you wanna play poker with friends or go to a casino for table games , fine. but no sports betting

Hondo · May 10, 2023

Humans are what they are, not all can resist.

The Galloping Ghost · May 11, 2023

Legit thoughtful talk about gambling in college athletics. Yeah, out of all sports, college basketball is incredibly susceptible. There's a history there. The refs are bad. It's easier to manipulate a basketball game than other sports.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1656660443438673925

And speaking of, a match-fixing scandal just hit MLS of all places. Wild and seemingly inevitable.

spotter · May 12, 2023

Iowa baseball gambling investigation: Latest news as Hawkeyes players suspended after 'potential violation'

The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission has launched an investigation into the program after Iowa several players were "withheld from competition" over the weekend.

www.sportingnews.com

Illinicpa14 · May 19, 2023

The Galloping Ghost said:
And when it is your games...

Alabama baseball coach Brad Bohannon fired after link to suspicious bets, sources say

Alabama baseball coach Brad Bohannon was fired Thursday amid a widespread investigation into suspicious betting activity on the Crimson Tide's game against LSU six days ago.

www.espn.com

This is something we're going to see more and more of. The plus side of legalization and regulation is that a heck of a lot more people are monitoring it, too. I find the shift in coverage of sports toward the gambling side to be wildly offputting. I get it. People love the dopamine hit. There's money to be made. For me, though, it's just another reason I'm slowly starting to watch sports less and less.

I’ve noticed this for myself and fantasy football. I’ve stopped caring about the actual games and only care about obscure outcomes like a 50 yard FG. I’ve probably watched more of jaguars games than I have with the bears, which is something wrong.