If this many guys are doing it in the state of Iowa just think about the nation as a whole… but we won’t likely ever know for sure bc this is the example being made and others states “DCIs” now know not to even touch this type of thing.
ISU Gambling Megathread
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I guess the positive is we haven’t had any surprise names from a football perspective it’s been all the ones we have heard for the past few months. Hopefully this is the end.
Now that we know how many of these guys bet on their own games, it’s good they did this investigation. It’s pretty concerning Lee bet against ISU in 2021. That’s a recipe for throwing games.
Yeah, i'm all for loosening restrictions on gambling overall (i have no issue if a player bets on an NFL game), but these players betting on their own team are flat out stupid. That was never going to be ok. Then again, when the punishments before were essentially 'you're ****** either way if you get caught' maybe there was less differentiation between those kinds of bets.
It would probably be a lot easier to police gambling if the rule were just 'bet if you want, just don't bet on your own team', and players had to submit their wager records to their schools' compliance departments
Not gonna lie. I'm really ******* disappointed in these players.
Remsburg did bet on his own sport, so that's automatically 50% of the season he's suspended.
Here are the guidelines:
For all wagering-related violations reported on or after May 2, the following guidelines will apply:
- Student-athletes who engage in activities to influence the outcomes of their own games or knowingly provide information to individuals involved in sports betting activities will potentially face permanent loss of collegiate eligibility in all sports. This would also apply to student-athletes who wager on their own games or on other sports at their own schools.
- If a student-athlete wagers on their own sport at another school, education on sports wagering rules and prevention will be required as a condition of reinstatement, and the loss of 50% of one season of eligibility will be considered.
- For all other wagering-related violations (e.g., wagering on professional sports), cumulative dollar value of the wagers will be taken into consideration with the following terms for reinstatement:
- $200 or less: sports wagering rules and prevention education.
- $201-$500: loss of 10% of a season of eligibility, plus rules and prevention education.
- $501-$800: loss of 20% of a season of eligibility, plus rules and prevention education.
- Greater than $800: loss of 30% of a season of eligibility, plus rules and prevention education.
Agree, would like to see these laws applied equally to all collegiate athletes in every state.
Can't imagine the number of D1 starters across the nation right now just wondering ... will I get caught up in this.
Remsburg for sure is out 50% of the year. Could be more, too depending on his amounts.
Here's the thing, this is all electronic. If another state does a crackdown in two years, even if you stopped gambling now that this has happened in Iowa, those records will still be available and you'll be suspended.
I'm curious how this goes because I can see it going a few ways. One is that none of the other states go anywhere near this. Another is that given how much betting on their own team was found in Iowa, do the governments of the various other legal betting states order an audit of the gambling in their state. A third is given the fact that it's the casino's and gambling industry that's in jeopardy of losing a **** ton of money if these governments pull back on gambling do they do a full audit of the gambling in each state themselves?
That’s at find another guy to give the snaps to level.
It's just amazing to me that they could be taught in no uncertain terms to stay away from this, and doing it would jeopardize their futures, and they did it anyway.
I'm sure this will be an unpopular opinion, but I think I'll pass on all the talk about our program's great culture for awhile. I understand they can't babysit every player at all hours, but I can't ignore that we had starters and team leaders who were cool with breaking the most basic of rules in some enormously destructive ways.
For all wagering-related violations reported on or after May 2, the following guidelines will apply:
- Student-athletes who engage in activities to influence the outcomes of their own games or knowingly provide information to individuals involved in sports betting activities will potentially face permanent loss of collegiate eligibility in all sports. This would also apply to student-athletes who wager on their own games or on other sports at their own schools.
- If a student-athlete wagers on their own sport at another school, education on sports wagering rules and prevention will be required as a condition of reinstatement, and the loss of 50% of one season of eligibility will be considered.
- For all other wagering-related violations (e.g., wagering on professional sports), cumulative dollar value of the wagers will be taken into consideration with the following terms for reinstatement:
- $200 or less: sports wagering rules and prevention education.
- $201-$500: loss of 10% of a season of eligibility, plus rules and prevention education.
- $501-$800: loss of 20% of a season of eligibility, plus rules and prevention education.
- Greater than $800: loss of 30% of a season of eligibility, plus rules and prevention education.
Hey Bernstein, a lot of people knew it. Even dumb fans like me and others. It's a legal matter, and administrators and coaches aren't dumb. They're not going to be surprised or cornered by some doofus from the Ames Tribune.
He bet on other teams of his own sports. So thats 50%.
Could be more depending on $$ too
Good thing ISU won that specific game. But it’d be ignorant to assume Iowa is the ONLY state in the country where this is taking place…
