Report: The Rutgers Scarlet Knights football key player is been suspended from all sports for placing a bets against…
August 22, Big Ten Roundup: Rutgers Transfer Harbaugh is serving a three-game suspension after being charged in a gambling probe.
Jeremiah Williams, a basketball player at Rutgers, has been accused of tampering with records in connection with an inquiry into gambling. Williams moved to Rutgers earlier in the offseason from Iowa State. Jim Harbaugh, the coach of Michigan, will now miss the first three games of the 2023 season after his suspension has modified once more.
November 22, 2023, 9:47 a.m. EDT Daniel Olingerauge
According to the Des Moines Register, Jeremiah Williams, a men’s basketball player at Rutgers, has been accused of tampering with documents pertaining to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation’s investigation into sports gambling.
Williams never played for Iowa State the previous season due to an injury, but he transferred from Iowa State to play for Rutgers and coach Steve Pikiell earlier this offseason. All of this follows accusations of tampering and/or underage betting brought against a number of Iowa and Iowa State athletes.
Perhaps more widely reported Big Ten news is that Jim Harbaugh, the football coach at Michigan, has had his 2023 suspension status changed once more. The initial plan called for four games. After then, there were none. He is now facing a three-game suspension.
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Jeremiah Williams Faces Tampering Charges Williams had an unusual college basketball career to begin with.
He played for Temple for two years before transferring to Iowa State in 2022, when he suffered a torn achilles tendon and missed the whole 2022–2023 season. Following his departure for Rutgers earlier in the offseason, the main concern for a considerable amount of time was whether Williams’ body and/or the NCAA would permit him to participate in the upcoming season. The 6-foot-5 guard is still less than a year out from one of the most terrible injuries in sports, and he would have required a waiver to be allowed immediate eligibility after transferring for the second time.
Now that Williams was accused of tampering with records during the state’s gambling investigation, it’s questionable if he ever plays a game in Piscataway.
Williams did not wager on Iowa State games, per the report published in the Des Moines Register. Nevertheless, he is accused of placing bets totaling $1,560 while under the legal gambling age in Iowa, which is 21.
According to the Des Moines Register, the maximum penalty for tampering with records is one year in a county jail or, if found guilty, two years in prison.
Serving a three-game suspension, Harbaugh
Jim Harbaugh, the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines, doesn’t appear to be able to enjoy a typical offseason.
As a negotiated settlement with the NCAA, he was initially scheduled to serve a four-game suspension for effectively lying to investigators during Michigan’s recruiting violations investigation. Then, on August 12, news broke that the agreement had collapsed and that Harbaugh would now lead the Wolverines in all 12 games.
After ten days, Harbaugh’s three-game suspension is being self-imposed by the Michigan sports administration. Pretty standard things, not much to see here.
See our sister site Wolverine Digest for the complete article on Harbaugh’s ban, which consists of three games as of right now.
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