NCAA Investigating Iowa College Athletes for Gambling Violations

NCAA Investigating Iowa College Athletes for Gambling Violations, the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) has placed multiple Iowa-based college athletes under investigation for alleged gambling violations.

As a result of the investigation, Iowa withheld several of its baseball players from playing on Friday of last week. At the time, Iowa released a brief statement saying:

While the statement failed to name the athletes involved, Hawkeyes star player Keaton Anthony was a notable omission from the Hawkeyes series squad to face Ohio State. Anthony has appeared in the last 43 games and had no known injury issues.

NCAA Investigating Iowa College Athletes for Gambling Violations teams. The decision was based on suspicious betting activity in the Crimson Tide’s game against LSU. LSU had led the game by 8-1 after seven innings, but a late charge by the Crimson Tide saw the game end 8-6.

That investigation is believed to have led to the firing of Alabama baseball coach Brad Bohanon based on video evidence of the coach’s actions during the game.

Jenny Tang

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