Hawaii Football Scandal: Football Program at Center of Point Shaving Probe

Considering all the disgusting news that has been flowing through the college sports world lately, this isn't so bad. 

Still though, this isn't what the University of Hawaii football program wants to be in the new for right now.

According to KITV4 News in Honolulu, the Honolulu Police Department is investigating allegations of point shaving by members of the Hawaii football team. 

In case you don't know what point shaving is, the article explains:

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Point shaving happens when one or more members of a sports team prevent a team from covering a published point spread, often purposely failing to score as many points as the team was expected to make. Gamblers who know the information in advance can win extra money by betting on the team that was not expected to do as well but does better as a result of point shaving.

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Essentially, it's not only something that will get you kicked off the team and probably earn your school some lofty NCAA violations, but it could possibly lead to jail time.

If these accusations turn out to be true, this isn't good news for the University of Hawaii. 

But then again, it's still early and not all the details are in.

"On November 3, 2011, the UH Manoa Office of Admissions received an anonymous letter alleging 'point shaving' by unnamed football players of UH football games," said UH Spokeswoman Lynee Waters in an official statement. 

"UH has alerted the NCAA about the anonymous letter and its contents and, in discussions with them, has been informed that it is 'doing exactly what you need to be doing' in this situation."

"We respect the process of the police investigation, therefore UH will not comment further at this point," said Waters.