The NCAA announced that three male basketball players in division I were definitively inadmissible after a survey revealed that they were involved in the manipulation of sports games.
“As part of a coordinated effort, students-athletes are betting on their own games, the games of each other and / or provided information that allowed the others to do so during the regular season of 2024-25”, an NCAA on Wednesday press release States.
The players involved were Mykell Robinson, Steven Vasquez and Jalen Weaver. The three men had played for Fresno State, while Vasquez was then transferred to the state of San Jose.
The state of Fresno and the state of San Jose were not penalized for the misconduct of the players, said the NCAA. The three players are no longer registered in their previous schools.
Robinson and Vasquez did not cooperate in the investigation, according to the NCAA press release, while Weaver accepted the violation of his case.
The notifications of the State of Fresno and a instructor of integrity of sports betting on suspicious bets placed on Robinson sparked the NCAA investigation, according to the press release. This led to evidence that the three players shared information on individual Paris lines to manipulate the results to win propeller bets.
The NCAA shared its results on Wednesday:
According to the current NCAA directives for members of division I, the default punishment for an athlete who has bet on his games is permanent ineligibility. However, an athlete who violated this rule could potentially be restored with the help of an NCAA school.
Robinson played 17 games for Fresno State last season, from 16 years old and collected 10.3 points per game. Weaver started 24 of its 25 games for the Bulldogs, with an average of 12.5 points per game.
Vasquez appeared in 29 games in four seasons – three with Fresno State and last season for San Jose State.
