Iowa football collective collects 500k from Elite Resort Casinos ... meanwhile players get suspended for gambling

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Meanwhile:

  • Aaron Blom, Iowa football: Blom is accused of placing 170 wagers while he was underage, totaling more than $4,400. Eight of those bets were on Iowa sporting events. One alleged bet was the "under" on total points in the 2021 Iowa vs. Iowa State Cy-Hawk game. Blom did not participate in that game.
  • Arland Bruce IV, former Iowa football: Bruce is accused of placing approximately 132 bets while underage, including 19 on Iowa football games. He is accused of betting the "under" total points in two 2022 games, including Iowa vs. Northwestern on Oct. 29 in which Bruce recorded a pair of receptions for 19 yards. He did not participate in the Hawkeyes' game vs. Kentucky in which he is accused of betting the "under" total points. Bruce transferred to Oklahoma State.
  • Harry "Reggie" Bracy, former Iowa football: Bracy is accused of placing 66 bets totaling $715 while under the age of 21. He is accused of placing eight wagers on Iowa sporting events, including two football games in which he played: Sept. 3, 2022 vs. South Dakota State, and Oct. 1, 2022 vs Michigan. Bracy transferred to Troy.
  • Jack Johnson, Iowa football: Johnson is accused of placing 380 bets totaling over $1,800 before turning 21. At least 11 wagers were placed on Iowa basketball events and four on Iowa football events, according to the complaint. Johnson is listed as a member of the Iowa football team as of Friday, Aug. 11.
  • Owen O'Brien, Iowa football (student manager): O'Brien, a student manager with the Iowa football program, is accused of placing over 350 bets totaling over $3,047 while he was under the age of 21. He is accused of placing 11 wagers on Iowa sporting events, including three on Iowa football events during the 2022 season while he was a staff member.
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I'm a little surprised gambling organizations are allowed to participate. NIL has prohibited NIL type deals but apparently not gambling ...
 


I'd assume because it's a collective they consider the money laundered enough to be okay. If a casino was direct paying an NIL deal to a player, that might be another story.
 

disco said:
I'd assume because it's a collective they consider the money laundered enough to be okay. If a casino was direct paying an NIL deal to a player, that might be another story.
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Does it really matter?

It's all just big business anyway.

Go, Iowa! Cha-ching!
 

And over on another thread, I just read where an OnlyFans celebrity would like to get involved with Dinkytown Athletes. Iowa fans would have fun with that one.
 



RememberMurray said:
Does it really matter?

It's all just big business anyway.

Go, Iowa! Cha-ching!
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It does. You can't have gambling interests in bed directly with players.
It's why I have no issue with Barry Bonds eventually getting in the hall of fame, but I think Pete Rose should be banned for life.
 

A_Slab_of_Bacon said:
I'm a little surprised gambling organizations are allowed to participate. NIL has prohibited NIL type deals but apparently not gambling ...
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This isn't an NIL deal, it's a donation to an NIL collective. The student-athletes wouldn't be able to do direct promotion for the casino, but apparently have been making appearances for the charitable arm of the organization. The University of Minnesota prohibits students from entering into NIL deals promoting alcohol. The NIL collective has a donation agreement with Gray Duck that provides that a portion of the sale proceeds for certain alcohol products goes to the collective. But no Gopher athlete could have a paid endorsement deal for those products.
 

NCAA ....what's good for the goose is not good for the gander.
 



Why not take it a step further and just open the Dinkytown Athletes Casino with all proceeds to The Collective.

Darius Taylor can work the stick at the craps table while Dawson Garcia calls keno numbers and PJ’s a night pit boss.
 

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