'Lose Bigger' U.S. University Basketball Occurs Large-scale Match-Making → More than 39 people from 17 teams are involved → People from the Chinese league actively participate."

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The largest-ever match-fixing scandal has occurred in the NCAA. In particular, as many as 17 teams were involved, and well over 30 players were involved. Even those who do not play in the NCAA are systematically intertwined, and the wavelength is growing uncontrollably.

According to US sports media ESPN, federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania released a 70-page indictment on the 16th (Korea Standard Time). The NCAA's alleged manipulation of the match, which was revealed this time, began in September 2022. It started with the persuasion of Antonio Blakeney (30), a former member of the Chinese Professional Basketball Association (CBA) and also an active player in the NBA.

Although not charged in the case, the Blakeney group, which manipulated the CBA match, recruited NCAA players ahead of the 2023-2024 season. In the end, 20 of the 26 indicted were former players who played in the NCAA League in the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 seasons. Simeon Kotl, Carlos Hart, Camian Cell and Umar Quray, who played until recently, were also named in the indictment, and their qualifications were suspended indefinitely. In particular, Blakely is said to have rigged matches from 2022 to 2024 when he was active in China.

Except for the players, five players recruited players to directly participate in match fixing and encouraged them to perform poorly. It is said that he was ordered to lose the game by a larger margin. In particular, he offered bribes ranging from $10,000 (about 15 million won) to $30,000 (about 44 million won) to players. They are all accused of match fixing and financial fraud. Under U.S. law, match-fixing charges are punishable by up to five years in prison, and financial fraud charges are punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

The NCAA has also begun to move busily. In an official statement as NCAA President Charlie Baker, "We have opened an investigation into allegations of betting against players. We will continue to track it in the future. We will urge all players to make wise choices so that they do not lose their qualifications," he stressed. In particular, according to the U.S. sports media The Athletic, Baker said, "Sports betting companies are asked not to sell NCAA-related products until more appropriate safeguards are in place. In particular, I look forward to having a safe and transparent device to protect the players," he said.

In the U.S. sports world, the size of the sports betting industry has exploded since sports betting was legalized. In May 2018, it was judged that the ban on sports betting was unconstitutional, and major U.S. sports broadcasts such as Major League Baseball and NBA also showed advertisements that induce real-time betting.

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