3 Fresno State, San Jose State MCBB Players Permanently Ineligible over Gambling Probe

The NCAA Committee on Infractions has ruled that former men's basketball players Mykell Robinson, Steven Vasquez and Jalen Weaver are permanently ineligible after the trio was found to have "bet on their own games, one another's games and/or provided information that enabled others to do so during the 2024-25 regular season."

Additionally, Robinson and Weaver "manipulated their performances to ensure that certain bets were won."

Robinson and Weaver played for Fresno State at the time of the infractions, while Vasquez played for San Jose State. All three were dismissed from those teams and are no longer enrolled in those schools.

Vasquez and Robinson did not cooperate with the NCAA's investigation.

According to the NCAA's findings, Robinson and Vasquez—former roommates at Fresno State—"discussed over text message that Robinson planned to underperform in several statistical categories during one regular-season game" in Jan. 2025.

The pair and a third individual then placed wagers worth $2,200 on Robinson not hitting certain statistical benchmarks, and a total $15,950 payout was awarded.

Additionally, during the 2024-25 season Robinson "placed 13 daily fantasy sports over-line and under-line prop bets, totaling $454, on parlays that included his own performance." He didn't win each of those bets, but did bring back $618 on one occasion.

Robinson placed several bets on Weaver, including a pair in Dec. 2024 after he and Weaver traded information about their own betting lines. Following that communication, Weaver also placed a "$50 prop bet on a parlay for himself, Robinson and a third student-athlete, and he won $260."

The general punishment for betting on games an athlete is involved in is permanent ineligibility. Sports gambling continues to be a major issue in both collegiate and professional sports, however, as mobile apps make it easier than ever to place bets and most sporting leagues and organizations have lucrative sponsorship deals with betting companies.