NCAA Bylaw 10.3:
The following individuals shall not knowingly participate in sports wagering activities or provide information individuals involved or associated with any type of sports wagering activity concerning intercollegiate, amateur or professional athletics competition:
a. Staff members of an institution's athletics department;
b. Nonathletic staff members who have responsibilities within or over the athletics department (e.g. chancellor or president, faculty athletics representative or individuals to whom athletics reports);
c. Staff members of a conference office; and
d. Student-athletes.
This has always been a crystal-clear bright line rule (note the SHALL NOT language). No ambiguity and it has always been enforced ruthlessly. There are plenty of examples out there of student-athletes banned for a year or permanently. During my time at the NCAA, gambling was cause for immediate firing and one person that I know was let go because of it.
What Texas Tech will likely try to do is paint this as some kind of mental illness for which he is getting treatment and ask for a medical waiver. If that fails, there's always lawyers asking for injunctive relief. But if these allegations are true and the NCAA follows precedent, he's done.
