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Just saw this one, six college players got banned after they got caught fixing games in three schools.
NCAA said they were even giving info and coordinating bets.

Kinda crazy how this stuff keeps happening.

With all these betting apps now, feels like game fixing is slowly becoming common again.

 NCAA bans six college basketball players after gambling investigation reveals game-fixing at three schools (https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/ncaa-bans-six-college-basketball-players-after-gambling-investigation-reveals-game-fixing-at-three-schools/)

Greediness on small league is high since most player involved are young and still doesn’t have a solid career to protect so match fixing within their circle is highly possible.

I believe this is happening on different sports league due to the popularity of sportsbook that combines with human greediness.

I will not be surprised if sportsbook will start removing or give way lower odds on this lower leagues on sports.

Yes, and it's just unfortunate that this is just college kids, what more if they become so big that they were able to play in the NBA in the future? So I do agree that this could be happening in any league right now, not just in basketball. And it's really hard to think what this kids what to accomplished by throwing games but not be careful of plotting their schemes as this steamed from someone who heard them talking to a individual on the phone about game fixing. So when they check their phones, they found out what the real score is (no pun intended), and that's why they are caught. Now, their career is over and the stigma will going to stay. Just imagine you are in school and all the students knows what you do. So not sure if this kids are going to continue with this studies out of shame.

These fixed matches can only work with smaller leagues, and in this case, it was university games, which are small-scale. In the case of major leagues, it's almost impossible to have fixed matches because the athletes take their profession very seriously; they earn high salaries and see no reason to lose them for a small amount of money they would receive for manipulating a particular game. Now, in the case of smaller leagues, like this university example, it's easy for people to accept money because the salary is low and the professional future of these athletes is still uncertain.

This has turned out to be very common in small leagues. Most of the players find the particular sport as their survival tool. When someone isn't able to achieve financial uplifting, he uses the alternate choices available in the same field. In simple terms, everyone can't reach a better financial position through sports. Some turn successful, whereas the rest need to move forward with hope. Here the mistake happens.  Instead of moving forward, they just find ways to make themselves financially free through illicit ways that ruin their entire career.

Exactly, they think they can earn a living by doing this collusion with other players without being bust but there’s always someone that will exposed their doings since basketball is a team sports while a few players performing shady act can be noticed by team mates and later on suspect that they are doing shady.

I rarely bet on small league because the house edge is very high compared to major league. Now that match fixing is already widespread I think this small league will of to my list as choices for sport bet.

Game fixing has always been there, though. The only different is not make got caught back then like they are getting caught right now. I also don't think the practice will ever be stopped so long as money is involved. It's like completely ending corruption. It is something impossible because the human being is greedy in nature. Money is just a catalyst for the greed.

I think it's getting harder and harder to do such thing, because everything is getting into the hands of the betting companies.

Even if the games are tiny, someone, somewhere might be betting on those.

And when things get organized like that, there's a lot more scrutiny.

I don’t think it’s a small league at all, it’s actually very popular. It’s the main stepping stone before players make it to the NBA since most of them get drafted from there. And yeah, correct me if I’m wrong, but I think the NCAA is even more popular than the WNBA, the fan base and hype around college basketball are just on another level.

I consider it as small league since NBA is much bigger compared to NCAA. I knew that most of the players drafted on NBA came from college basketball but they are less regulated compared to NBA.

They are not belong to any league but they are considered as minor league for NBA.

I guess I use the wrong wording small instead of minor.

I'm not an expert but they are like divisions on college league in the US.

So it could be a very different league on their own although most of this players aspire to be in the NBA someday. But with what they've done, they can no longer play in the college and obviously int the NBA.

Most likely this players doesn't have any career in basketball and could be shifting in any sports but the question if this is a school that is willing to get them under their sports program.

This greed is something else. Like, how much do they even intend to make from sharing information with their friend and ex? They don't get paid from being part of a basketball team that's wildly recognised by the NCAA. Now they have got banned for life, and their chance of becoming a professional basketball player is ruined. They will have to live in regret, which could have been avoided if they were not greedy.

Hopefully, this is going to be a eye opener for more college player not to do this specially if they have dreams on going pro and makes a lot of money in the future if they will crack and go to the NBA.

But as you have said, not making the right divisions early in life is the biggest regret that we will have to carry. Now they are banned for life, no career and maybe that money that they earn colluding with friends are not going to sustain them.

They ruin their chances in the big league. If ever they have an opportunity to play in the big leagues, they are young yet know how to manipulate games. If they get away with this, imagine what they'll do in the big leagues.
These young people should see the value of fairness, as they are still in college, their formative years yet they are not heading in the right direction



The various sports organizations and commissions are fully aware of this, and they have a commission to look into the matter. With the latest technology at hand, they can catch these manipulators and game fixers.

They sold their diginity as sports men for quick turn up, the scheme would generate them much income considering the huge size of college basketball and the money they wager per fixed games. Not just them, it's likely to be bigger than what the media said they did, the scheme could involve more people who are not basketball players, but are top gamblers. However, if the restrictions doesn't affect their classes nothing is wrong with going to school, not everyone would be against them.

Cheating by using your own stats. That's f*cked up.

I know there's not much money in college basketball, but they have a good future ahead when they are drafted. Maybe they cannot just wait, and they want the money to come in even as they are young.
One denied all the allegations, but the proof is too strong to deny it. I am guessing they thought they could get away with cheating, but that didn't happen.
A waste of talent. If your name is already listed on the props of many sports bookies, that means you are good. But, they just cannot wait and it's sad for this to happen at the early age of their career.

Yeah, not much money on their contracts, but they’ve got huge betting limits with bookies, that’s where the temptation comes in.

Cheating probably happens more often than we think, especially when a player can make a lot of money from just one game. Their mistake was not being smart about it, greed usually ruins the plan and that’s how they get caught. I’m sure there’s still a lot going on in that league, just not exposed yet because some are good at hiding it.

And honestly, it’s not just there.. I believe it happens in other leagues too, maybe even in the NBA.

Isn't this a normal thing? ???

Many students like to cheat including in professional sports, they think as long as no one have busted them, everything will be fine. I'm sure people in this forum have friends who like to cheat during exam, even though the risk is drop out, yet they don't care.

They will learn this in hard way, probably some of them will be a criminal because they have a bad record.

This is one of the side effects of gambling becoming “too” popular. I created a topic for that too recently if you want to check it out. A famous youtuber calls this event “epidemic” but it looks more like a pandemic to me.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5564095

When the money in gambling industry gets that big, it starts to attract bad people, thieves, cheaters as well because they want to make easy money abusing their roles in the sports industry and that’s the outcome we have now.

What’s the solution? I guess we need to enforce more severe punishment for the cheaters to stop them from cheating wo it becomes more costly for them. If they cheat right now, it is probably because they are not afraid of the consequences.

It's normal to get tempted but they haven't thought of the consequences of their actions, they wanted a shortcut and take advantage to get money and the result are way more chaotic than they might imagine. Not only that they will get kicked out of the university but they waste their opportunity to have a career in basketball. Some students can't even make up into the team and yet they just wasted it, gambling has a lot of effect to people, some people made a mistake by spending all of their money while some are doing illegal things like this just to earn.

From what I’ve seen in similar cases where players rig games to favor their own bets, the harshest punishment is usually a lifetime ban from the league. But it seems like some of them aren’t even afraid of that anymore. Even in the NBA, there was Jontay Porter who got banned for betting on his own player props.

It’s crazy because these guys have already reached the top, they’ve made it to the league, achieved what millions dream of and yet, greed still gets the best of them.

if you look at his contract he made millions already.
https://www.spotrac.com/nba/player/_/id/47359/jontay-porter

Unfortunately, lots of game-fixing nowadays in sports are happening. They think that they can get away with it given that they are a relatively small league with little-to-no experienced and famous players.

Like what some have mentioned, game-fixing in sports-betting has always been around given that you can easily bribe the players; or the players themselves participate in the betting process. I find it very amusing that these players are caught early instead of spreading this kind of plague in the big leagues.

In conclusion OP, you asked if this was a normal thing? The answer is- YES. As long as money is involved, people would always gravitate in cheating in order to satisfy their insatiable greed.

It's very popular and the organisers make a lot of money but players don't earn much. There is no reason to engage in illegal activities, but the low pay might be one of the reasons why these leagues would be exposed to match fixing.  It's terrible to see talented players destroy a career that would have brought more money and fame because of peanuts. Greed played a reasonable part. I think they are also stupid to assume that they will never be exposed.

But smaller leagues usually have lower limits too. Unfortunately, when players rig games in their favor, it’s not really the bookies they’re robbing but it’s the regular bettors who believe the game is fair. These bettors use stats, do their analysis, and make confident picks, only to get blindsided by something fixed. In short, once we’re betting on smaller leagues, we should already expect that from time to time, a game might be rigged. Still, if we play smart and pick our spots carefully, we can find ways to win despite that.

Players and bookies to be precise. Bookie shoulder all the bet on the other side since there’s only players placed bets therefore they will need to pay for the excess amount of players bet in case the side that won has most players bet.

The only time player only suffers is when the outcome is the least expected which on this case you’re right since fixed match usually involves an event with high odds but it comes with danger since bookie can easily notice if there’s anomaly on this bet for match fixing.

Yep , this new generation has a desire to actually take part in rigged games and at this point , the entire college basketball should be under investigation as soon as possible because this trend will continue to go and next week it will be hockey college. Also , imagine how many rigged games we do have daily and we don't know about them and that's why I only enjoy esports lately and Formula 1 because rest of the sports are just a gambling ad at this point.

Well, I don't understand, how did the students managed to be fixing game, were they simply giving out game information to one another or how exactly?
Because if they were actually gambling and possibly sharing potential outcome information with their friends, I don't understand how this is the concern of the school authorities..

Or I am assuming the game being played which they are being accused of fixing has something to do with the school? Am I right on this? Sorry I have not actually read the the actual news through the link you shared, forgive me but I am just being careful with opening external links this days for some personal reasons.

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OH wait, I had to actually go back and read the op again, and also read some comment to understand exactly what this is all about..
The boys are players in the college basketball team and they organized within themselves to fix games and even bet on themselves, this is very bad and they sure deserve the suspension, atleast to serve as a warning to others who might have had plans of doing same or something similar.

It is sad, but to be honest - it was predictable. If you have an opportunity to bet money, someone would try to get an opportunity to influence the game. Fixed game is just one way for them to make good bets and get big profit.
The problem is more critical in lower leagues. Players here get not big salary, and such leagues don`t attract serious attention. So it is much easier to find a player(few players) who would be ready to lose the game for a good sum.

I dont know why people keep sacrificing their career with just a small amount of money, they think they will not get caught with their actions, we knew that every actions have a consiquences now they get caught for sure they will get probably banned for a months or warning if just good enough but even with the other scene people cheating just to take an advantage seems people right now will not trust anymore the teams or the organization itself if they will make a penalty to those people.

Some will learn from that, while some will still be greedy and get involved in it in the near future, thinking they could be smarter. That's if there are no others who are doing it but have not yet been caught. We have news of people who get involved in such types of cheating and get similar punishment, but from time to time we still see such news popping up, which means sportsmenreally don't want to learn.


It's not a matter of maybe it's something certain that the money can't sustain them; how much is the person going to stake the game with that they will pay them a large sum to be able to cover them for a lifetime? Another thing too is being part of a team where you get weekly and annual payment can't be compared to a one-time payment, something which still ruins your career and endorsement deals the player could have gotten from being famous.

It is not a surprise. Most college players do not care about their career in NBA, while some do care. Perhaps they only have plans in playing basketball at college level. Thus they choose to jeopardize their career from the very start.

Well this will serve as a lesson to others who think they can cheat and get away with it. The same punishment's and consequence giving to the professional NBS start will be giving to them. No one is above the game.

This type of fixed match crime will never size to stop no matter how it's holded because smaller league are very difficult to manage or look into as much as big leagues where most global attention is right now, however it nothing to be surprised about since we have seen it happen in a global scale so small once like this should haveedd magnitude on our reaction. However my thoughts goes to those colleges students who might have bright future in the NBA but chose their rewards earlier and letting the future go.

Do people also bet majorly on those college games? I wont bet on those games and i slightly even follow up with it, that's because I have not even pay decent attention to major football League talk more of following up with this one and even betting on it. There's no place that corruption is completely free and this bad activity of fixing game didn't start from them, they have learned from other events and decided to take advantage of this one opportunity that they got, that's greed in play.

Well I don't really know what to say concerning this issue but as a matter of fact what I can say about this is that it is very bad for a college leagues students to fix a game just because of greed. However, it is good that they all get banned and I also believed that in the future all the folks that are into match fixing will all get cought and face their penalties too. Actually I don't really know if the big leagues are also doing this, but come to think of it, who would try to risk their job for anything?

This is why I'm not interested to bet on small league, the robbery is higher than in bigger league because they're not popular to get endorsement. Players or teams who get an endorsement by huge brands will think twice or thrice before doing this illegal stuff.

Popular teams or players no need to accept robbery because the income they earn are above their needs.

You are right, this happens on different sport leagues but particularly in small leagues because they are not really popular and these Manipulations can go unnoticed. The sportsbook takes advantage of this by probably bribing the league to alter the outcome of the games for their won selfish purposes. This is the reason why it's not advisable to bet on small leagues because of these fishy acts.

Something like this is still happening till today and we should not be surprised because more shits are still going to be unveiled with time. Their are so many sport fixing matches even with bigger team which can be very hard for them to be leaked. Its unfortunate that the government is not saying anything about situations like this that had made people lost billions of dollars on fixed matches.

Yes, you have actually got a valid point on what you just said above regarding how game fixing can't be stopped, just like corruption in any sport, most especially in any local games that have been privilege to be featured on a local casino for gambling. Because inasmuch as local sport players don't have sponsorships deals, and the privilege to earn a consistent income while playing for a club or team. There will always be an urge to play smart by planning a fixed match, where they could gamble and play as predicted just to win the game and have the money all to themselves. Since there are no sponsorships for local Sport players just like football or basketball. Hence, until these guys are been given a consistent income to be financially buoyant, fixed matches will always continue.

Well government most not interfere on every issue especially when it's at the local or primary level expectations it gets to situation is state concern before it can be part of government problems to be solved, but for now it's till within the handes of agencies, and individuals to handle and possibly, however it's a shame to see that youngster are involved killing Ng dreams in hands just to satisfy their current hunger for wealth or money. however, as people lose billions of dollars as you said so people too do win, it's bad for this people and good for this people.

Situations like this will never stop happening. There will always be people who are desperate & need a large amount of money in a short period of time... and some do it for fun, just because they think they found an easy way to make money. It's always about the money... everyone will find a way to make money, and some will turn to scams. Nothing new...

It's the crazy world...

If everything were fair, this would be crazy... but since the world is already crazy, this is just a continuation of that madness. We just need to be careful and try to skip those bullets...

Or should it rather be said "no one is above the rules of the game".

It's indeed not a surprise anyway just as you have said, and your assumption maybe right as well, those guys may have absolutely no plan of continuing to play basketball after college, they have no plan of getting signed by one for the top clubs if they are found to be good, they possible are in the game because they are still in school and also for the fact that they are maliciously making money from the games through the match fixing stuff.

But all the same, they deserve the punishment given to them, in fact, they should have even done some jail term like 3 to 6 months so they can the gravity of the offence they committed and also absolutely discourage anyone that is harboring the thought of committing same crime.

Generally, such allegations of match fixing are often made in small tournament. Since the betting sites have become widespread, I think such a situation has become very normal. However, proper evidence should be kept in bringing such allegations and if it is proven that any player is involved in such activities, then they must be brought under the law as soon as possible. The problem is that those who do such things are not punished, that  is why it is not possible to control them.

There must be an external influence that has brainwashed these college students to have taken a decision in for such a horrible act, I understand how some go go extra miles to ensure the manipulate a system for their own personal interest, because they already realized that money is involved, maybe they just got to learn something more aside the college education not to permit for corruption in taking place.

Honestly, at the pace and with all these news coming up to light about players and clubs getting involved with match fixing I feel i will end up taking a long rest from betting on major leagues and switch to provably fair casino games.
Also, to me it is a mistake authorities decided to not punish the whole club and colleges which those players belonged to, if the whole organization does not get punished, then it is likely some other people in the future will try to fix matches in order to get money. the only way to deal with these kind of cases is by setting a good example and showing what it is going to happen to anyone who violates sports laws in the United States.

Anyways, thanks for the headsup... I am going to stay away from those leagues until they catch all the rotten apples in those teams.

Honestly college basketball or college anything is just ripe for these sort of scandals, just like the lower leagues in most major countries and even the top league in certain countries. It all comes down to money and the amount that a fixer can offer will be substantial for "kids" at that entry level of the game, yet the market is still big enough for it to be profitable and disguised if it's done discreetly enough. These are only the cases that we hear about and the ones that got caught, you have to imagine that there are plenty who have fixed particular bets over the years who kept it very small but made a buck from it. The more people that get involved the greater chance that they'll run in to someone who eventually shares all with the authorities.

As long as there isn't greater oversight and severe punishments, this type of fraud will continue to happen. It's in all leagues and sports; it just hasn't been discovered yet. At first, I thought it was some kind of conspiracy theory, but over time, I've come to believe it's true. This completely eliminates the desire to bet, because in this case, even luck doesn't play a role.

This particular case is no longer an allegation; it has already been proven, and it's not even a small team. All this happened according to the report on the link; it was from two teams in 3 different schools that were caught in such an act, and these are teams that, after qualifying, could have had a chance to join the NBA, so I don't consider them a small team; they just messed themselves up, and the people involved have been banned for life from basketball.

It's college basketball ball what else would you expect, it's no surprise that games would be fixed, people make money off this at the expense of others...when I was new to sports betting i didn't want to believe that there was such a thing as a fixed match until I started hearing about it...these fixed matches keeps on getting getting worse in remote leagues probably because they don't make enough money and they use the match fixing as a way to make money

Some of the government officials might know about this but will not say a word or help to bring the people that are into this kind of practices to book. Just like we all know that corruption is everywhere but we can find it because it's mostly within government bodies that are supposed to fight against these kind of illegal match fixing making young gamblers to lose money due to the greediness of these officials.

That is the chilling part of it. These schools kids just threw away their bright and promising future for a few extra bucks. They are not smart at all. This has completely ended their careers before it kicked off. Now, they will live the rest of their lives in regrets.

Whatever endeavor or career they want to take up in the future, this kind of ruins it. They are young and have a promising future; unfortunately, their involvement in game-fixing will appear in their career highlights.
We don't know whether game fixing in the past went unnoticed, and whether those who did it are now in their respective sports careers and continue their habit of trying to fix the game.
These young players should first think about their future careers before fixing a game; it's not worth it, even if the money is enormous.
 

Things like this do happen locally, you going to find it difficult to see things like this happen in international tournaments, I don’t know why some people are so desperate to make money, they don’t always care about there reputation, I feel those people should be properly punished because it’s just cheating. They just cheating people, they claiming they are smart, they are just taking advantage of people, and if they are not properly punished, am sure another set of people are still going to repeat that later in future.

This is the second news i have seen on the forum talking about players cheating for the sake of sportbook, apparently, they will be rewarded for pretending to performing poorly on their gambling platform account, but one thing is certain.

A good name is more desirable than great riches, who is teaching these players, they need to be taught about life too not on the pitch only knowledge.

If i were the law makers, a temporally ban will be sanctioned on their coach for not handling his players the upright morality in the sport industry, so every other coach can put that into check on every players too.

It’s hard to imagine students doing game fixing. They thought they could get away with it, it's too young for them to get involved in something like this, and yes, betting apps are too tempting to resist manipulating a game.

The NCAA should be a place to cultivate and hone your talent in the sports you’re in, and not to use it to enrich yourself. Feel sorry for the boys if they happen to be top-notch players; they ruin their future earnings potential in basketball.

The smaller leagues and tournaments really are prone to selling of games and match fixing. And that's the same in our country where the smaller basketball leagues have shown obvious actions with how they play ball. It's a shame that they have to do this in return of small cash but they are showing the true nature of them. If they are a baller, they shouldn't tolerate this actions from the bettors or even if it is from their management and coaches. They need to remain in purity with this game because if people who have no impression and respect to the lower leagues, how much more if they add more damage to it by selling games?

The thing is, the impact is actually bigger on the league than on the players. Those players who get caught will be banned, sure, but if this kind of thing keeps happening, it ruins the league’s reputation. Once that happens, fans lose trust and stop watching, and eventually the NBA will also be affected since most of its players come from the NCAA. That’s why they really need to enforce stricter measures, not just bans, but actual jail time if needed to make sure everyone understands how serious it is.

And if that keeps repeating, they will soon find out that they have no more audience. And they would definitely be having difficulty to get some sponsorships and later on, if not rectified, their league will be shut down. So they need to act fast and maybe, they will realize that it is better to give a real game rather than a rigged game. Hard to control your game if you have specific steps to take in a rigged game. It is always best to play an unscripted game because even the athletes won't know the outcome of their game. Also, an athlete is inside the field because of his skills/talents not because he is being paid for his calculated moves.

Reduction to cases like this is possible but permanently stopping it? Not sure but chances are many that we can at the end of the day find way reduce the rate at which sport events can be rigged maybe increase the law or regulation or punishment for offenders so the fear can be developed and the rate at which it can help will be reduced. This people ins small leagues are always very successful with his type of things because they are not much supervised like the large leagues so getting such things is not a surprise dish.

Certain high rewards as that of gambling is tempting, and in sport, players do it for money. Those who have high interest on hitting it big in their career would find ways around cheating the system and making passive deceptive decisions to maximize profits.

We don’t even know if the numbers they’ve uncovered are the full picture, it could just be 1% of what’s really happening behind the scenes.

That’s why the management needs to take drastic action to protect the league and set a strong example. It has to be a real deterrent for these student-athletes to think twice before committing fraud. Imagine, what they’re doing isn’t just cheating the system, it’s robbing the fans of real entertainment because they’re not giving their best on the court.

Think about this. If this phenomenon is quite common in youth leagues, and only a small part of match-fixing is exposed, then why should it be less common in the major leagues? Who do major league athletes grow out of? Yes, from there - from the youth teams.

Why should a person who finds himself in the top league and is prone to fraud suddenly be afraid of an unlikely punishment, if now he has the opportunity to make a lot of money from match-fixing, whereas in his youth he fearlessly did the same thing, but for a penny (figuratively speaking)? In other words, a person does not change. Or you can put it another way - a person carries his depravity through his entire sports career. Of course, not all athletes are scammers. But even those scammers who already exist are enough to constantly discredit sports betting..

It’s probably more common in major leagues than we think, but the number of cases we actually hear about is very few. That’s because the leagues usually handle investigations internally and they don’t want the bad publicity that comes with catching multiple players rigging games.

It would seriously damage their reputation. Think of it like a city with a high crime rate, investors won’t want to come in and do business there.

Same goes for major leagues; they’re big businesses, and protecting their image is just as important as running the games themselves.

I’m sure you mean those who know they don’t stand a chance of making it out of college leagues to the high NBA or something because if they do they wouldn’t want to ruin it with this kind of attempts but inside stay in course if their career but then worst comes to worst, they will make huge amounts of money from it and have themselves settle and probably never have to struggle for money, and I also perceive that guys might want to do this kind of act and then place the bets themselves therefore casinos would have to still pay them big in-disguise.

The issue is not that they are aware that they wouldn't make it to the top leagues; it's simply greed. It is difficult to predict which player will grow to the major leagues because almost all the players in these college leagues are good. When people are not content with the amount they earn, there would start seeking means to make extra money. The same thing also happens in top leagues where they earn big, yet still engage in gambling fraud.

It doesn't matter if these is just a college game or not, my joy is that those involved in these game fixing thing were caught and given their punishments. It also interests me that these people are young people that have learnt bitter lessons from these their bad experience. When they grow older, they wouldn’t want to stain their reputation for any reason. Other young people who saw these people being punished now have a story to tell, they will be more careful next too.

Game fixing is becoming common in sports this days, that is why I am glad these guys were caught. They don't know that when they try to cheat, they spoil the credibility of the sport and in the process, deceive the viewers.

Today one MLb pitcher was arrested and another is missing after they were reported to have thrown certain pitches over multiple games

https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/emmanuel-clase-luis-ortiz-indicted-mlb-betting-scandal-cleveland-guardians-article-153125546

This is after the high profile NBA arrests

If experienced adults making millions per year are doing stuff like these, then how prevalent would this be in college where unpaid barely adults play?  :o :o

that is crazy out there for sure.,, In my opinion, once gambling became so mainstream, this kinda shit bound to be the outcome,, they can place bets on their phones. These college kids do not earn much, so when someone offers them free money, it is hard to say no. However, it is pretty fukin stupid to throw a game and risk your entire future for a couple of bucks and more importantly, you lose the trust in the game itself. The NCAA did the right thing in banning them however I am not sure it will be the last we see of it unless they police behavior more closely and inform the players better

If they are big stars like earning more than 7 digits per contract, I am sure they will not get involved in this kind of game fixing unless they are an idxxt.  Just like the earlier reply stated, these persons does not have a solid career to protect yet and they are not earning that much according to some information, the average earning of a player in the NCAA is around $21k+ per year, so it is not surprising to see these kids get attracted to extra income through game fixing.



Game fixing is everywhere we can see news in different sports about these kinds of cases.  Even Casimero and his manager are being suspected of game fixing in Casimero's latest match.

I agree, they need to make sure that whoever are involved with it are going to be penalized and face heavy jail time. Because if the involved players and people behind the management of teams and actual leagues are still free roaming around and can do the same thing again, they need to make sure that it's going to be everyone and they are not going to exempt anybody to show who's powerful or not. They only need to be serious about it so that other players won't patronize it even if they receive good promises and offers to get involved with selling games.

What did you call it. College basketball, isn't it? Imagine where we still have these circumstances still happening at the NBA level where the best of professional basketball players and officials are found. The lower divisions or college level can't be excluded of the fixings, that's where it should actually be more easy to get away with. The simple truth is that we can't really completely sanitize bad actors from these events, it's just for the officials and government to work side-by-side to ensure that persons caught violating the code of conduct of the sport be penalize to serve as deterrent.

Correct and most of this basketball players mostly those who play average college basketball talent will most likely not gonna pursue professional basketball career that’s why it’s easy for these players to be involved on match fixing because they still doesn’t have to lose compared to professional player on the NBA that also subjected to this match fixing allegation.

It’s easy to get away too on college basketball match fixing since they are not expected to perform flawlessly unlike NBA players.

That's reality as even those professional players who are being drag to this game-fixing activities, they just can't say no having an easy and quick access to earn money, with how gambling influence this venue, it's not hard for those people behind to connect with players who they need to link with, either it's syndicated or just simple a single act but it's all because of greed and that quick access to earn decently those players who got caught are more than willing to submit and risk their future.

There was also a betting scandal in Major League Baseball in recent days, the NBA story, and UFC fighters who claimed they were approached by people who wanted them to throw fights. It could all just be coincidence or maybe the growing popularity of gambling is leading to more corruption in sports.

The punishment for athletes who are caught has always been severe. Pete Rose was banned for life by MLB and that was a major deterrent for a long time, but now it seems players are more willing to cheat, possibly because gambling has gone more mainstream, which creates more temptation around them.

Yes, it is. The more the popularity which means more gamblers for gambling , the higher they believe they can make money by cheating the gamblers.
But, It feels good knowing these guys keeps getting busted, it will always serve as lesson to others trying to walk in same path.

For me I do think that it's even more unpleasant that the match fixing is discovered among the professional basketball ballers because they have more to lode with their career and all endorsements at risk comparing to a struggling college guy who's yet and uncertain if he actually can find his way to the top of the pro league.

The thing here is, if this practice is allowed to persist at the college level , when these young college players fly to the top league it will be a character they will likely exhibit.

I think it's common all around, really.

The thing is that the larger leagues do have a lot more interest, but that also means there's a lot more scrutiny.

In the smaller leagues there's less interest, but also less scrutiny.

I think it evens out a bit.

The solution I see to this issue of match-fixing in college sports is to prohibit countries from including this type of game in their betting schedules, since there's no point in penalizing several players if the big mafias will simply go after others. And yes, it's nothing new in the world that money corrupts people; they will always find players willing to accept that risk.

What are you even talking about, prohibit? How is it any different from other sports? Even in major leagues, fixing happens too. So no, that’s not the solution.
The league already has rules, and anyone who violates them will be dealt with according to those rules. If they really want to minimize it, they need to increase the penalties - either monetary, jail time, or both.

Fixed matches do exist, as bettors, we cannot know about them unless we have access to insiders.
Fixed matches are detrimental to bettors because the outcome will clearly be unexpected, but that doesn’t mean that a match with an unexpected result is necessarily fixed.
I thought basketball was free from fixed matches, but apparently not, because I usually read news about football and tennis having fixed results, though usually from smaller leagues or events.

It's not surprising that something like this happens in small leagues, because in smaller leagues the chances of setting up the game are so high that you can't really be shocked when a scandal comes to light. This can happen because usually the players in the small league are more or less credible and monitoring their matches is far less strict compared to top-tier competitions, so the possibility of match fixing is very high.

But if these children have acted fraudulently like that from their youth, it is already a worrying sign that these children do not have discipline and integrity, and in the future there is no guarantee that they will not commit similar acts.

There’s an update on this thread. Cedquavious Hunter, one of the players banned in the NCAA for game fixing, has finally spoken up.

You can watch his full interview here. ..
 Banned college athlete in sports betting scandal breaks silence (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mWhwyuoJmU)

Easy money for every game they fixed, but it ended up costing him his whole career.
Regret always shows up at the end when it’s already too late.

Thanks for sharing the video. I watched it and now I kinda understand how the whole thing works. Could it be that the people who approached him and the other players were basically the mafia? Because he mentioned, iirc, he was getting something like $5k per game. For NCAA players who don’t really make money, that’s already huge.

This whole thing is interesting. I even hope someone like Dhar Mann makes a story about it so more people will see what really happens behind the scenes.  :D

I checked the article and thought it was about NCAA Philippines, but it turned out to be NCAA USA college basketball.
 This is the first time I’ve read about something like match fixing in the NCAA. If this is already happening at the college level, what more when they reach the NBA?
It would not be surprising if some of them became involved again if they ever got drafted. It’s better to give a lifetime ban early so others won’t follow. It’s also tough because NCAA college players barely earn anything.

Not so rampant in the NBA, I guess, since the players’ contracts are in the millions. They’ll protect themselves because they don’t want to get banned and lose that kind of money. For the NCAA, based on what I’ve read, some of the top players only get around 8 million a year max. In the NBA that’s just an average player’s salary, a real star can earn $40–50 million per year. So the gap is huge. The cheaper the salary, the higher the chance a player might take part in fixing.

Just to be clear, it’s not the league that’s fixed… it’s the players who do it for easy money.

Yes, the issue of match fixing is not rampant in the NBA, but that doesn't mean it is not happening more in the NBA than the NCAA, because most of the people in charge of the match and security can be easily controlled in the NBA than the NCAA, based on how powerful the team or players godfather is.
Having said that, all this needs to stop in the sports space so the best and hardworking team would get what they deserve.

Match fixing is one of those things that quietly damages the spirit of competition whether it happens in college or professional level the danger is that once money enters the picture temptation follows for college players in the NCAA especially those who come from low income backgrounds the small allowances and limited compensation make them easy targets for fixers who promise quick cash in exchange for small manipulations like missing shots or passing poorly.

In the NBA the risk is smaller because of the salaries and exposure but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible sometimes corruption doesn’t come directly from players but from referees staff or even betting insiders with access to sensitive information remember the Tim Donaghy scandal back in 2007 that alone proved that match fixing can exist even in top tier leagues.

The biggest problem with the NCAA is that it’s built around amateur status athletes generate millions for their schools and tv deals yet most of them barely get paid it’s no wonder some fall into fixing for survival or greed a lifetime ban may sound harsh but it’s needed to make an example if this culture isn’t stopped early it grows with them into the pros the best fix is prevention and education teaching players about the long term risks and the value of integrity before they’re lured into shortcuts.

I agree to that, even it's not rampant we can't remove the possibilities that it is happening, we do hear news about players and officials that being involve though in terms of this topic, those players who got involve to this kind of activity, they risk their future to get easy access to instant money, it's  huge multi-billion industry so we can't deny the fact that whoever behind it they can influence otherwise it's a own choice and decision of such individual who believe that there's nothing more for his career and he is willing to take things for granted just to have easy money thru this kind of setup.

The NBA would lose its popularity if this stuff became rampant, so even if something is happening inside, they’re not gonna make it a big deal. They don’t want the public digging too deep because that would destroy their reputation. Once that reputation is ruined, people will lose interest in watching. They can’t allow that.

They’ll protect their billion-dollar investment no matter what.
Just imagine, even owning a team now costs billions. They won’t risk all that over a scandal.

I saw this news, and it's very sad for the sport; greed ends up ruining people's lives, directly or indirectly. What should be a source of pride—playing in an important basketball league like this, practically a springboard to bigger leagues with the possibility of high earnings, ends up becoming a source of shame, and the ban prevents access to that dream.

The students would be lucky to get back to playing or even make it to the NBA because as we know, the NBA is more serious and disciplined league where there's constant and highly improved scrutiny systems that it will be easier to detect match fixing scandals.
I used to think match fixing mainly happened in the bigger leagues and only mostly as concerns sports betting because am sure the smaller leagues have less crowd who bet on their matches, while sports betting may be easier to rig or fix. I have been put right by this and am ashamed such still happens even at the college level.

You said it right, even if that exist the management will prevent that being exposed though there are incidence that we are already hearing but it won't affect the whole league, for me the gambling side will always be connected and there are players and officials that might be or already involved but for sure they will risk the name of whoever it is as inividual but they won't digger deeply to prevent any scandal about such activities.

Yeah, that's usually how these things work.

Sometimes you get something going on, then people are not happy with a constant stream of income, or a good gamble, some people just want something else.

Usually they don't see a path while doing the same thing, and they end up doing something on the wrong side of the law.

Match-fixing usually targets leagues where oversight is weaker and betting volumes are unpredictable. Lower-tier college sports are common because a few players can influence outcomes without drawing much attention. As bettors, the safest move is to avoid markets where information looks suspicious or odds move strangely before kickoff.

Have you noticed unusual line movement in this case?

The players or teams from the low income background are the reason why I said the issue of match fixing or any form of manipulation in sports needs to be stopped, because this is killing the fun of the game and the dream of some people.
Thank you for mentioning the scandal of Tim Donaghy, and it is said that we still have some referees in various sports who still practice it.

You have a point about the reason why the NCAA is the abode of match, and a lifetime ban seems not harsh to me at least it will prevent others from doing the same thing.