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Gators fans all over the United States have been having mini-heart attacks over the past several days as an investigation into the basketball team’s point guard’s online casino gambling habits were under scrutiny. The University of Florida is most well known for its impressive football team and while the basketball team is less well-known, the team is very successful and loved by Gator alumni. The scandal broke earlier in the week when media caught on to the fact that point guard Nick Calathes owns $600 to an online casino poker gambling site. The issue comes down to whether Calathes was breaking the National Collegiate Athletic Association rules by gambling at online casinos despite a ban and the such in the US.

The verdict? Calathes was cleared of the implications associated with the allegations, but his debt actually remains. The athletic director at UF, Jeremy Foley, announced to the media and the US at large that an investigation into the NCAA rules indicate that Calathes has not actually broken any of their established protocol for collegiate athletes.

So where is the catch and why is Calathes activity at the online casinos cleared? The NCAA rules regarding internet gambling are in place to specifically protect the integrity of the sport and thus prohibit NCAA athletes from participating in any form of land and online betting. Calathes on the other hand owes the money to an internet poker site and thus his participation in internet poker gambling is outside the realm of NCAA action.