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Sports Wagering
NCAA Bylaw 10.3
The following individuals shall not knowingly participate in sports wagering activities or provide information to individuals involved in or associated with any type of sports wagering activities concerning intercollegiate, amateur or professional athletics competition:
(a) Staff members of an institution's athletics department; (b) Nonathletics department staff members who have responsibilities within or over the athletics department (e.g., chancellor or president, faculty athletics representative, individual to whom athletics reports);(c) Staff members of a conference office; and (d) Student-athletes.
This means:
- NO betting of any sort on any college or professional sports event.
- NO giving information to anyone who does place bets on college or professional sports.
- NO wagers for any item (e.g., cash, clothing, dinners) on ANY professional or college sports event, even those that do not involve your college.
- NO sports "pools" - including NCAA Tournament Brackets, even those that don't involve your college.
- NO Internet gambling on sports events.
- NO fantasy leagues that award a prize and require a fee to participate.
- NO exchange of information about your team with ANYONE who gambles: In other words, no information about injuries, new plays, team morale, discipline problems, or anything else.
Consequences of Sports Wagering: Once it is discovered that you have placed a bet of any kind on any college or professional sport, or have given information to someone who does gamble, you will be declared ineligible to compete in collegiate athletics. If you accept or place a bet on any college or professional team other than your own, you will automatically be suspended for a minimum of one year and be charged with a season of competition. If you accept or place a bet on any team at your school, you will be permanently ineligible. You risk losing your sports scholarship, being expelled from the school, and/or being banned from other college and professional sports. You also could run the risk of being arrested and charged with a crime. So the best advice is simply this: DON'T BET ON IT.
10.4 Disciplinary Action
Prospective or enrolled student-athletes found in violation of the provisions of this regulation shall be ineligible for further intercollegiate competition, subject to appeal to the Committee on Student-Athlete Reinstatement for restoration of eligibility. Institutional staff members found in violation of the provisions of this regulation shall be subject to disciplinary or corrective action as set forth in Bylaw 19.9, whether such violations occurred at the certifying institution or during the individual's previous employment at another member institution.
