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Cheating Now Welcomed by NCAA
Published: 12/2/2010 12:12 PM
Last Modified: 12/2/2010 12:12 PM

The NCAA ruling on Cam Newton opens the door for every sleazy parent, family member or friend to shake down colleges for the services of a star player.
The NCAA has essentially said in its ruling, allowing Newton to continue playing because he allegedly did not know his dad was trying to solicit illegal payoffs from universities, that it is okay to do that.
In other words, you can sell your son to a college for football as long as the kid allegedly does not know about it.
I’d love to have a star football-playing son right now.
I’d be putting letters out to every major football university in the country.
My kid will come play as long as you pay me $200,000 or $180,000 or whatever the market will handle.
It is a stupid ruling and opens the door once again to question the integrity of the NCAA.
Perhaps Newton had no idea what his dad was doing. But, given the circumstances, that’s a little hard to believe.
So, we’re left with this huge cloud.
Plus, we now know it is okay to solicit money to steer your son, brother, cousin or friend to a certain university.
You can thank the NCAA for that clarification.



Reader Comments 5 Total
Top Flight (2 years ago)
Its a shame that they suspended Dez for lying and Cam Newton for a day!
senor notas (2 years ago)
I wonder if the player had been a team member at a 'lesser' school if the NCAA would have acted the same way. God forbid anything should happen to Auburn before the BCS season is complete. That would mean, OMG, a loss in revenue.
jctblue (2 years ago)
senor notas, can you please explain how revenue would be lost? Another team would just go in there, prob one with a larger fan base and following.
JCD1978 (2 years ago)
Nothing surprises me with regard to the NCAA anymore. They are the gatekeepers for the gambling industry now.

It seems that USC should have grounds for having their penalties overturned if cheating by parents is OK as long as the school and athlete cannot be tied to the cheating.
Blue&Gold (2 years ago)
Actually, the report said Cecil Newton solicited money, but there was not enough evidence brought to light at this time to show that any money exchanged hands. At no time did the NCAA ever say they were done with their investigation...if they ever do tie money going from Auburn (or an Auburn booster) to Cecil Newton in exchange for Cam's signature on a letter of intent, they will take the same course of action that they took with USC.

My theory: Bell and Rogers are making some big bucks on this story and it was planted at a time to throw Auburn off their game. Its obvious Mississippi State couldn't beat Auburn on the field so they resorted to slandering and "scandal mongering".
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