NCAA Uncovers Betting Scheme Involving Basketball Players at Fresno State and San Jose State<\/p>\n
Three college basketball players have been permanently banned from NCAA competition after an investigation revealed they placed bets on their own games and manipulated their performances to ensure certain wagers would win. The NCAA Committee on Infractions announced the findings following an extensive investigation into the gambling activities of Mykell Robinson, Steven Vasquez, and Jalen Weaver during the 2024-25 regular season.<\/p>\n
The investigation began after Fresno State and a sports betting integrity monitor alerted NCAA officials about suspicious prop bets placed on Robinson. Further examination revealed a coordinated effort among the three student-athletes to share information about individual betting lines for the purpose of manipulating game outcomes to win proposition bets.<\/p>\n
Robinson and Vasquez, former roommates at Fresno State during the 2023-24 season, were at the center of the scheme. In January 2025, text messages revealed that Robinson, then playing for Fresno State, planned to deliberately underperform in several statistical categories during an upcoming game. Robinson, Vasquez (who had transferred to San Jose State), and an unidentified third party collectively wagered $2,200 on Robinson’s under-line performance in those categories.<\/p>\n
The deliberate underperformance resulted in a $15,950 payout that was distributed among those involved in the betting scheme. During that same season, Robinson also placed 13 daily fantasy sports prop bets totaling $454 on parlays that included his own performance, collecting $618 on one successful wager.<\/p>\n
The coordination extended beyond just Robinson and Vasquez. The investigation uncovered that Robinson placed multiple bets on his Fresno State teammate Jalen Weaver, including two wagers before a late December 2024 game after exchanging information about their respective betting lines. As a result of that coordination, Weaver placed a $50 prop bet on a parlay involving himself, Robinson, and a third student-athlete, winning $260.<\/p>\n
The case represents one of the most serious breaches of NCAA gambling rules in recent years, coming at a time when sports betting has become increasingly accessible across the United States following the Supreme Court’s 2018 decision striking down the federal ban on sports wagering.<\/p>\n
NCAA rules strictly prohibit student-athletes from betting on any sport the NCAA sponsors at any level, with particularly severe consequences for betting on one’s own games or deliberately affecting performance for gambling purposes. The NCAA has intensified its monitoring of sports betting activity in partnership with integrity monitoring services as legalized sports gambling has expanded nationwide.<\/p>\n
All three players have since been released from their respective teams and are no longer enrolled at their former schools. Robinson and Vasquez compounded their violations by failing to cooperate with the NCAA’s investigation.<\/p>\n
The cases were resolved through a negotiated resolution process in coordination with the schools, following infractions process operating procedures. While Robinson and Vasquez declined to participate in the processing of their cases, Weaver cooperated and acknowledged his violations.<\/p>\n
Under guidelines established by Division I members in 2023, student-athletes found to have bet on their own games face a permanent loss of eligibility as a starting point. Reinstatement would require assistance from an NCAA school, but given the severity of the violations \u2014 particularly the manipulation of performance to win bets \u2014 reinstatement appears unlikely.<\/p>\n
The Committee on Infractions panel that reviewed this case included Jason Leonard, executive director of athletics compliance at Oklahoma; Kay Norton, president emerita at Northern Colorado; and Roderick Perry, former athletics director at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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