Overview
- The NCAA announced Friday, June 5, 2026, that Amarr Knox, Shawn Fulcher, Corey Hines and Tony Madlock are permanently ineligible for taking payments to manipulate a Dec. 5, 2024 game at Southern Miss.
- NCAA documents say two bettors paid the four players a total of $2,000 to throw the game, with Fulcher and Madlock receiving $700 each and Hines and Knox receiving $300 each.
- Knox told investigators he participated and admitted the scheme, Fulcher and Hines denied the allegations during interviews and later faced federal charges, and Madlock declined to be interviewed by enforcement staff.
- The case was uncovered after Hines transferred to Temple and the school notified the NCAA that the FBI had shown him incriminating text messages; two bettors were indicted in January 2026 by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
- None of the four played in the 2025–26 season and the NCAA said reinstatement is unlikely without a school’s support, a development that raises new questions about how legal sports betting can threaten college competition and players’ futures.