According to local news reports, 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:
NCAA Investigating Iowa College Athletes for Gambling Violations 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. NCAA Investigating Iowa College Athletes for Gambling Violations“due to a potential NCAA violation, we withheld some student athletes from competition.”
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