TEN MINUTES. THE NCAA IS COMING DOWN HARD ON THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOOTBALL TEAM FOR GAMBLING VIOLATIONS. CARNES ITS SUSPENDED STARTER, NOAH SHANNON FOR THE SEASON. vlog SPORTS DIRECTOR SCOTT JOINS US NOW. SCOTT, THIS IS NOT A DONE DEAL FOR SHANNON THOUGH. CASTALIA THE TEAM CERTAINLY HOPES SO. THEY WILL HELP SHANNON APPEAL THE NCAA’S DECISION IF THE PUNISHMENT IS UPHELD, HOWEVER, IT WILL END THE SENIORS CAREER FOR THE DEFENSIVE LINEMAN FROM AURORA, ILLINOIS, HAS STARTED 28 GAMES FOR THE HAWKEYES. RECENTLY SPOKE TO REPORTERS ABOUT HIS MISTAKE AND HOW HE WAS AWAITING WORD FROM THE NCAA. NOW HE’S GOT THE WORD AND THE COACH IS COMING TO HIS DEFENSE. UNLIKE SOME OTHER PLAYERS INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION, SHANNON DID NOT COMMIT A CRIME. HE ALSO DID NOT BET ON HIS OWN FOOTBALL TEAM. BUT HE DID BET ON AN IOWA TEAM IN ANOTHER SPORT. KIRK BARRON SAYS THE POLICY IN THIS INSTANCE IS TOO HARSH. I THINK IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE RETHOUGHT A LITTLE BIT. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT AND I’M HOPING THE APPEAL MAYBE WILL REFLECT SOME PEOPLE RETHINKING THINGS A LITTLE BIT. WE LIVE IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WORLD THAN WE DID TWO YEARS AGO, THREE YEARS AGO, AND NOAH’S CASE, HE HAS NOT COMMITTED A CRIME AT ALL. SO NOTHING CRIMINAL COMMIT CRIMES AND GET A LOT LESS OF A PUNISHMENT, WHICH SEEMS KIND OF FUNNY IN SOME WAYS TO CURRENT FOOTBALL PLAYERS. KICKER AARON BLOM AND RECEIVER JACK JOHNSON ARE CRIMINALLY CHARGED WITH TAMPERING WITH RECORDS. BOTH ARE SUSPECTED OF MAKING BETS WHILE UNDER THE AGE OF 21 AND USING ACCOUNTS REGISTERED UNDER THE NAMES OF OTHER PEOPLE. FERENTZ DID NOT UPDATE THEIR STATUSES. WE LEARNED YESTERDAY THAT THERE ARE 11 TOTAL IOWA ATHLETES UNDER NCAA INVESTIGATION. THE UNIVE
Hawkeye football player suspended for season amid sports gambling investigation
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Updated: 5:30 PM CDT Aug 23, 2023
Iowa football player Noah Shannon, who has acknowledged his involvement in sports wagering, has been suspended for the season, coach Kirk Ferentz announced Wednesday.Ferentz told reporters in Iowa City that the school would appeal the NCAA’s decision.Shannon, who has not been charged in the state’s criminal investigation of illegal sports wagering by college athletes, said on Aug. 11 he had cooperated with the NCAA and provided information.“They’re taking their time doing their investigation, and I can’t be mad at them for that,” he said. “I mean, I broke a rule. I owned up to it.”Shannon, a senior from Aurora, Illinois, has started 28 games and came out of spring practice listed as the No. 1 left defensive tackle.Two current football players, kicker Aaron Blom and receiver Jack Johnson, have been charged with tampering with records in the gambling case. Both are suspected of making wagers while under the legal age of 21 and placing them on mobile sports wagering accounts registered under the names of other people.Blom and Johnson are walk-ons, and Ferentz did not update their statuses.The university issued a statement Tuesday announcing that 11 athletes will have their NCAA eligibility impacted as a result of the investigation. The athletic department said it could not release information about any of the athletes until it received consent from the athlete.Video: Noah Shannon speaks during Iowa football media day
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa football player Noah Shannon, who has acknowledged his involvement in sports wagering, has been suspended for the season, coach Kirk Ferentz announced Wednesday.
Ferentz told reporters in Iowa City that the school would appeal the NCAA’s decision.
Shannon, who has not been charged in the state’s criminal investigation of illegal sports wagering by college athletes, said on Aug. 11 he had cooperated with the NCAA and provided information.
“They’re taking their time doing their investigation, and I can’t be mad at them for that,” he said. “I mean, I broke a rule. I owned up to it.”
Shannon, a senior from Aurora, Illinois, has started 28 games and came out of spring practice listed as the No. 1 left defensive tackle.
Two current football players, kicker Aaron Blom and receiver Jack Johnson, have been charged with tampering with records in the gambling case. Both are suspected of making wagers while under the legal age of 21 and placing them on mobile sports wagering accounts registered under the names of other people.
Blom and Johnson are walk-ons, and Ferentz did not update their statuses.
The university issued a statement Tuesday announcing that 11 athletes will have their NCAA eligibility impacted as a result of the investigation. The athletic department said it could not release information about any of the athletes until it received consent from the athlete.
Video: Noah Shannon speaks during Iowa football media day
