20 men have been charged in a point-shaving scheme involving more than 39 college basketball players on more than 17 NCAA Division I teams, leading to more than 29 games being fixed, according to a federal indictment.
The scheme began around September 2022 and initially focused on fixing games in the Chinese Basketball Association before targeting college basketball games.
The group offered bribes to college players ranging from $10,000 to $30,000 to compromise games for betting purposes.
Sam Presti’s full Oklahoma Hall of Fame speech is a must watch for every OKC fan and Oklahoman.
“Of all the things I admire and appreciate about Oklahoma, this is one of the strongest:
This place doesn’t just talk about the power of community, it has lived it. Again and again.”
@awfulannouncing This is why golf ratings are down. It’s just a bunch of entitled announcers only supporting 1 side of the coin when (whether right or wrong) there’s 2 sides of the coin. Professional golf has 2 tours but yet these guys see the PGA tour as the ONLY relevant place to golf
🚨🐢💤 Tyrrell Hatton isn’t happy with the pace of play from some players at Augusta this week: “Yeah, the lads in front have been so slow. It's pretty poor from the officials that it took 32 holes to put them on the clock. Yesterday they'd lost a hole and a half, and then they weren't any better even this morning, and then for the second round they were just brutal. Fine for them; they're not waiting on any shot that they hit. But for us, we stood in the fairway, we stood on the tee. It was really hard to get a rhythm, so it was disappointing that it took 32 holes for an official to go, oh, we've put the group in front on the clock.” @TyrrellTracker
My friend Jeff and I played golf yesterday…this is real and he played well. Faster for Jeff than normal. @TNeidy @CastYourCaraway @Pmilnerokc�� @USGA @byrdmom1028 @AndyPaden
@FarmersInsOpen I understand how Farmers may cease their PGA sponsorship, Pavon and the field at the Farmers was below standards to watch. The more @PGATOUR attempts to compete with other tours the worse the product @Pmilnerokc @CastYourCaraway@TNeidy
@PGATOUR @FarmersInsOpen so Farmers Ins is ceasing their PGA Tour sponsorship, that is the best decision they can make with the current roster of players available. Pavon, nice guy and his mother loves him, however, the field was weaker than a college event. @Pmilnerokc
I don’t understand the anger about the golf ball roll back. It will make no difference whatsoever to the average golfer and puts golf back on a path of sustainability. It will also help bring back certain skills in the pro game that have been eradicated over the past 2 decades.
The people who are upset about this decision shouldn’t be mad at the governing bodies, they should be mad at elite pros and club/ball manufacturers because they didn’t want bifurcation. The governing bodies presented us with that option earlier this year. Elite pros and ball manufacturers think bifurcation would negatively affect their bottom lines, when in reality, the game is already bifurcated. You think we play the same stuff you do? They put pressure on the governing bodies to roll it back to a lesser degree for everyone. Bifurcation was the logical answer for everyone, but yet again in this game, money talks.
🧵Commit to technical proficiency and purposeful intent before you decide that what you’re getting is not enough. Effective, efficient, and appropriate training means there is a limited amount of opportunities to have good reps, and those opportunities must be taken seriously.