"The indictment alleges a group of 'fixers' agreed to recruit NCAA players who would help ensure their teams failed to cover the point spread of the first half of a game or an entire game."
"Players were offered payments, usually ranging from $10,000 to $20,000 per game, to participate in the scheme. The fixers would then place bets against the team whose player or players they had bribed."
"Greg Brower, a former U.S. attorney for Nevada, called the case involving the college basketball players 'an absolute bombshell.' But he questioned whether it was really a federal crime."
Federal prosecutors have charged 20 current and former college basketball players with wire fraud, conspiracy, and bribery. The indictment alleges that a group of fixers recruited NCAA players to ensure their teams failed to cover point spreads. Players were reportedly offered $10,000 to $20,000 per game to participate. The charges follow an indictment of NBA player Terry Rozier for allegedly providing insider information to gamblers. Legal experts question whether these charges will lead to convictions, drawing parallels to the infamous Black Sox scandal of 1919.
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