NCAA penalties for the University of Iowa athletes who violated sports betting rules are beginning to roll in this week.'
Iowa's athletic department issued a statement Tuesday sharing that official determinations on the 11 current student-athletes facing investigation have been handed out, although the specifics of those suspensions weren’t made public by the university.''
“The University of Iowa and the UI Athletics Department have been working cooperatively with the NCAA Student-Athlete Reinstatement (SAR) staff to determine the eligibility of student-athletes who were involved in sports wagering,” the statement said. “The institution has received the SAR determinations for the 11 individuals who are current student-athletes.”
Noah Shannon, a starting defensive lineman on the football team, received a year-long suspension from the NCAA. That news came out Wednesday, as head coach Kirk Ferentz addressed the suspension with the media. Shannon, who was not one of the Iowa football players criminally charged in the wagering investigation, plans to appeal the suspension.