Previous gambling scandals
Posted: Thu March 26, 1998 at 4:08 PM ET
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The Northwestern scandal, in which Williams (44) and one other Wildcat starter are accused of shaving points, is nothing new to college sports -- or the Evanston, Ill., school
(AP)
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ATLANTA (CNN/SI) -- This isn't the first time collegiate sports -- or even Northwestern -- have
been linked with point shaving.
Here's a list of past scandals:
Arizona State, 1997: Two players plead guilty
to point shaving; the inquiry, dating back to
games in 1994, shows that 15 of 22
fraternities turned up in records of illegal
gambling ring on campus.
Boston College, 1996: Thirteen football players are
suspended for gambling on games; two
players are found to have bet against their
own team.
Maryland, 1995: Five athletes, including the
starting quarterback on the football team,
are suspended for gambling on sports.
Northwestern, 1994: Two players, one a
starting tailback on the football team and
the other a starting guard on the basketball
team, are suspended for betting on college
games.
Bryant College, 1992: Five basketball
players, who had built up $54,000 in
gambling debts, are suspended and a
former player and student was arrested
and charged with bookmaking.
Maine, 1992: Thirteen baseball players and six
football players are suspended for gambling
on games.
Florida, 1989: Four football players, including
star-QB-to-be Shane Matthews, then a
redshirt freshman, are suspended for
betting on football games.
1947-1950: Thirty-two players at seven schools are
implicated in a plot to fix 86 games. Included
in the scandal are players from City
College of New York and Kentucky, including Ralph Beard, Alex Groza
and Sherman White.
Here are some other major point-shaving investigations:
1959-61: Thirty-seven players from 22 schools are
implicated in point-shaving scandals, including Connie Hawkins and Jack
Molinas.
1978-79: Organized crime figure Henry Hill
and New York gambler Richard (The Fixer)
Perry mastermind a scheme to fix nine
Boston College games in concern with BC
players Ernie Cobb, Rick Kuhn and Jim
Sweeney. Kuhn, the only player convicted,
serves two and a half years in prison for
conspiracy to commit sports bribery and
interstate gambling.
1984-85: Four Tulane starters, including John
"Hot Rod" Williams, and one reserve are
accused of shaving points in two games.
Two of the five players, Clyde Eads and Jon
Johnson, are granted immunity and
testify that the others also shaved
points in exchange for cash and cocaine.
Williams was acquitted and none of the players
did jail time but the university shut down the
program until the 1989-90 season.
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