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WILL HAVE A FULL ANALYSIS OF TONIGHT'S DEBATE. YOU CAN WATCH THAT - OVER ON CHANNEL 8 DOT 1. RIGHT NOW - THE N- C-A-A IS EASING PENALTIES FOR ATHLETES INVOLVED IN SPORTS BETTING. ����vlog SPORTS DIRECTOR SCOTT REISTER IS HERE WITH WHAT'S CHANGED AND HOW IT COULD IMPACT IOWA COLLEGE ATHLETES. THE CHANGES ONLY APPLY TO ATHLETES WHO BET ON OTHER COLLEGE SPORTS AT THEIR OWN SCHOOL. BEFORE - GAMBLING ON OTHER N-C-A-A SPORTS WOULD RESULT IN A PERMANENT LOSS OF ELIGIBILITY. IN A STATEMENT: "EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, REINSTATEMENT GUIDELINES FOR STUDENT-ATHLETES WHO WAGER ON TEAMS AT THEIR SCHOOL - EXCLUDING THEIR OWN TEAM - WILL START AT REQUIRING ONE SEASON OF INELIGIBILITY AND A LOSS OF ONE YEAR OF ELIGIBILITY." ISU TIGHT END DESHAWN HANIKA - COULD GET RELIEF FROM THE NEW RULES. HE WAS CITED FOR BETTING ON IOWA STATE BASKETBALL GAMES, BUT NOT FOOTBALL GAMES. HOWEVER IT DOES NO GOOD FOR NOAH SHANNON, WHO'S SENIOR YEAR IS ALMOST OVER. HE BET ON A WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME. BUT TODAY - THE NCAA DECIDED TO KEEP THE PUNISHMENT FOR THAT AT A FULL SEASON OF LOST ELIGIBILITY. IOWA FOOTBALL HEAD COACH KIRK FERENTZ SAYS QUOTE: "I AM HEARTBROKEN FOR NOAH (SHANNON) AND HIS FAMILY THAT THE NCAA HAS COME TO THIS CONCLUSION. NOAH DID NOT BREAK ANY LAWS. HE DID NOT COMMIT ANY CRIMES. AND YET HE IS BEING SEVERELY OVER- PUNISHED BY A MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE THAT REFUSES TO SEE PERSPECTIVE OR USE COMMON SENSE." SHANNON WAS RECENTLY ALLOWED TO START PRACTICING WITH THE TEAM, GIVING HIM HOPE HE WAS