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Temple infractions decisions cite sports betting violations by athlete and staff members

An investigation into sports betting violations has led to three infractions decisions against a Temple student athlete and two staff members.

The NCAA Committee on Infractions released three infractions decisions on November 21, all related to sports betting violations in the Temple men’s basketball program. The people involved are former student-athlete Hysier Miller, former special assistant to the coach Camren Wynter, and former graduate assistant Jaylen Bond.

Following an investigation, all three were found to have made sports betting violations by betting on professional and collegiate sports. Miller’s bets included multiple parlays on Temple men’s basketball games.

“As a result of the sports betting violations involving bets on and against his own team, Miller violated honesty and sportsmanship and sports betting rules, triggering permanent ineligibility,” reads the statement from the NCAA. “Bond and Wynter violated principles of sportsmanship and honesty by engaging in betting behaviors they knew were against NCAA rules.”

Next steps after the infractions decisions

Although there are no penalties for student athletes under NCAA regulations, Miller has been made ineligible for playing without the assistance of a NCAA school down the line. However, there are penalties in line for Bond and Wynter.

Both will receive a one-year show-cause order, which means that if either individual is hired by an NCAA school during that time, he will be required to lead a rules education presentation on sports betting with men’s basketball staff and student-athletes. During their first year of employment, they will also be suspended for 10% of the regular games, which is essentially three games.

It’s not believed that the three individuals coordinated their sports betting activities. Between November 7, 2022 and March 2, 2024, Miller was found to have placed 39 impermissible bets on Temple men’s basketball and an additional three bets against Temple men’s basketball. That accumulated to a total of $473 in bets.

Over a similar time period, Wynter placed at least 52 impermissible bets amounting to around $9,642, while Bond placed 546 impermissible bets across two years, totaling roughly $5,597 on both professional and collegiate sports.

This comes after the NCAA recently revealed widespread dishonest sports betting across student basketball, with six other student athletes found to have manipulated bets while playing or with insider information.

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