Point Shaving NCAA MBB

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Close to home https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/me...3601/dl?inline

. Following this failed attempt, and given the substantial betting losses for the fixers, defendant ARLANDO ARNOLD agreed to make up for the losses by hetping to fix an upcoming Southern Mississippi game against the Universiry of Louisiana

Cajuns Men's Basketball Team ("Louisiana-Lafayette").

Shortly before this game, defendant ARNOLD, Person #9, and Person #10 engaged in a FaceTime call with defendant MARVES FAIRLEY and Antonio Blakeney.

In that call, defendant ARNOLD and the other Southern
Mississippi players agreed to underperform in and influence the upcoming game against
Louisiana-Lafayette in exchange for bribes. To further the scheme, Person #9 agreed to sit out
that game.

103. On or about March 1,2024, Southem Mississippi played against Louisiana-Lafayette at the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Louisiana-Lafayette was favored by approximately 5 points in the first half at sportsbooks throughout the United States and elsewhere.

Before this game, the fixers, including defendant SHANE HENNEN and Antonio Blakeney, and others acting at their direction, placed wagers with various sportsbooks totaling at
least approximately $ 161,000 on Louisiana-Lafayette to cover the first-half spread.

104. On or about March 1,2024, in the NCAA men's basketball game between Southern Mississippi and Louisiana-Lafayette, defendant ARLANDO ARNOLD, Person #9, and Person #10 underperformed in and influenced the first halfas they had agreed. Louisiana-
Lafayette outscored Southern Mississippi in the first half39 to 23, covering the spread of
approximately 5 points, and the fixers won their bets.

Without the Southem Mississippi players intentionally underperforming in the second halfofthe game, Southern Mississippi played substantially better, with both teams scoring 38 points.

Louisiana-Lafayette won the game 77 to 6t.
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Tulane, UNO and Nicholls had players involved. Still reading…

[MarlinMan3]

"Well we are going back to the LSU system, so we started early cheating like TSAB, so they would welcome us back with open arms"- signed LSUNO

[RaginDave]

"Well we are going back to the LSU system, so we started early cheating like TSAB, so they would welcome us back with open arms"- signed LSUNO

4 Louisiana schools were involved, Tulane, UNO, Northwestern State, and Nichols

[MarlinMan3]

We were told it was ok, "the fundamental right of an athlete to make money is grounded in the constitution no matter what “we” say or not"

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Here’s the programs per ESPN:

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Here’s the programs per ESPN:

Some real juggernauts there

[MarlinMan3]

A sprawling betting scheme to rig NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games ensnared 26 people, including more than a dozen college basketball players who tried to fix games as recently as last season and a former LSU basketball player, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
Five others last played in the NCAA in the 2023-24 season, while another, former NBA and LSU men's basketball player Antonio Blakeney, played in the Chinese Basketball Association in the 2022-23 season.

The other five defendants were described by authorities as fixers.

[MarlinMan3]

Nearly $200,000 in bribe payments and winnings from the fixed CBA games were allegedly placed in a storage locker belonging to Blakeney in Florida.

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Buried in paragraph 25 in the federal indictments for more than a dozen college basketball players for fixing games is really the crux of it.

“The fixers targeted for their scheme NCAA basketball players for whom the bribe payments would meaningfully supplement or exceed legitimate NIL opportunities,” it reads.

More on CNN

[MarlinMan3]

How can it exceed NIL opportunities, since there is no limit