Leaders at universities across the state are putting education before legislation. More than 40 athletes at the two schools have been under investigation, and this probe has now led to charges for seven current or former athletes at Iowa State or Iowa.Īs student-athletes file back to campus nationwide, coaches and administrators are intensifying educational efforts on sports gambling, which is now legal in 35 states, including every Big Ten state except Minnesota. That reality is playing out at Iowa State after Hunter Dekkers, an honorable mention All-Big 12 quarterback for the Cyclones, on Tuesday was charged with tampering with records stemming from a state investigation into sports gambling at Iowa State and Iowa. Just as training camp is about to begin, your starting quarterback is caught in a gambling scandal that likely will cost him his season and possibly his collegiate career.
The episode is the stuff of nightmares for a college football coach.
