The NCAA’s Division I membership voted Friday to rescind a rule change that would have allowed athletes and staff to permissibly bet on professional sports.
The Division I Board initially approved the change, but per the Division I legislative process, it was rescinded with a two-thirds vote of the NCAA’s 361 DI member institutions submitting a request supporting the rescission.
“Because sports betting rules are common legislation, the ban on all forms of betting — for sports in which the NCAA sponsors a championship — will remain in place for all three NCAA divisions,” the NCAA said in a statement.
The news comes amid increased scrutiny of betting across sports. In a letter sent to NCAA president Charlie Baker last month, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey asked for a reversal of the rule change, citing the federal indictments of multiple prominent NBA figures in a gambling scandal that recently rocked the league.
Earlier Friday, the NCAA also announced infractions decisions related to sports gambling violations within the Temple men’s basketball program. Those infractions involved Hysier Miller, a former player; Camren Wynter, a former special assistant to the men’s basketball coach and Jaylen Bond, a former men’s basketball graduate assistant.
Miller was said to have committed the most serious violation, with the NCAA deeming him permanently ineligible after the association found that he placed 42 parlay bets, totaling $473, on various Temple men’s basketball games across the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons. The NCAA said Miller placed three of those bets against the Owls.
“The key takeaway here is the NCAA found no evidence that Hysier Miller shaved points,” Miller’s attorney Jason P. Bologna told The Athletic. “The NCAA conducted a long and thorough investigation before reaching that conclusion. Hysier gave them full access to his cell phone and bank account, and he answered every question they asked him. He admitted to placing parlay bets, but he denied shaving points in any game, and the NCAA’s findings confirm that they accept Hysier was honest and cooperative with their investigation.”
Wynter and Bond bet on professional and college sports, according to the NCAA, which said it did not find that either individual placed bets on Temple athletic contests. They both received a one-year show-cause order and a suspension from 10 percent of regular-season contests during their first year of employment during the show-cause order.
The NCAA said Miller, Wynter and Bond did not appear to have coordinated with each other on the bets.
Miller is the latest player to be deemed ineligible this year after the NCAA announced in September it was investigating more than a dozen Division I men’s basketball players at various schools, including Temple, for alleged betting rules violations.
College athletes are still prohibited from betting on college sports under NCAA rules. In April, The Athletic reported that the federal government was investigating multiple schools for possible ties to a match-fixing scheme in college sports and the NBA.
— Mike Vorkunov contributed to this report.
