The NCAA Committee on Infractions approved a negotiated resolution after an investigation uncovered sports betting violations by Marcus Williams, a former men's basketball student-athlete at San Francisco. According to the agreement, Williams knowingly provided information to another men's basketball student-athlete at a different school, who was betting on daily fantasy platforms on Williams' performance. Additionally, Williams did not cooperate with the investigation when he knowingly provided false or misleading information to investigators. The sports betting violations trigger permanent ineligibility.
The violations were uncovered when the enforcement staff reviewed text messages for a separate infractions case involving Mykell Robinson, a then-student-athlete at Fresno State. Records on Robinson's phone indicated that on nine occasions between November 2024 and January 2025, Williams knowingly provided information to Robinson, who was betting on Williams through daily fantasy sports accounts. In each instance, Williams directed Robinson to take the over line on his performance.
When interviewed by enforcement staff, Williams knowingly provided false or misleading information when he denied having a daily fantasy sports account — which was under his name and email address.
This case was resolved via negotiated resolution in coordination with the school, per infractions process operating procedures. Williams participated in the negotiated resolution and agreed to his violations.
The Committee on Infractions does not currently assess penalties for student-athletes who violated NCAA rules but did approve the findings, confirming that the violations occurred. Student-athletes who are found to have violated NCAA rules are ineligible and can only be reinstated with the assistance of an NCAA school. In 2023, Division I members changed the guidelines for student-athlete reinstatement for sports betting violations. Generally speaking, the starting point for student-athletes who bet on their own games or share information for betting purposes is a permanent loss of eligibility.
Members of the Committee on Infractions are drawn from the NCAA membership and public. The panel members who reviewed this case are Doug Archie, executive associate athletics director of compliance at Ohio State; Rich Ensor, former Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference commissioner and chief hearing officer for the panel; and Jody Conradt, special assistant to the women's athletics director and former women's basketball head coach at Texas.
