The Texas athletic department has self-reported five NCAA violations in relation to sports betting that took place between July 11 and Nov. 4, 2024, according to the Austin American-Statesman.
The American-Statesman obtained documents that censored the names of the involved parties. Texas’ self-reporting submissions listed two football players, a non-student athlete that had ties to the women’s tennis team, a student assistant, and an uncategorized athletic department employee.
The five people totaled $14,885.76 in their impermissible bets as a group. The wagers were placed with the daily fantasy sports website PrizePicks, where bettors can wager on a player’s statistics. Traditional sportsbooks are illegal, but PrizePicks is legal within the confines of Texas.
Per NCAA rules, players, coaches and staff members are prohibited from wagering on any sport in which the NCAA sponsors a championship.
According to the American-Statesman, the NCAA has stated an estimated 50 sports betting violations were reported in 2023 and 100 violations in 2024.
In each of the five cases at Texas, the school utilized a service called ProhiBet, which works alongside colleges and universities to monitor sports betting…
