Cam Newton Declared Eligible

[symple19]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5870788

Well, there it is. The NCAA has interviewed all relevant parties and declared Newton eligible.


"Based on the information available to the reinstatement staff at this time, we do not have sufficient evidence that Cam Newton or anyone from Auburn was aware of this activity, which led to his reinstatement," said Kevin Lennon, NCAA vice president for academic and membership affairs. "From a student-athlete reinstatement perspective, Auburn University met its obligation . . . Under this threshold, the student-athlete has not participated while ineligible."

[symple19]

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[symple19]

Couple things though

1. Investigation is not over
2. Cecil Newton was indeed shopping him (makes me sick)
3. Players who have been declared eligible have been retroactively declared ineligible after further investigation
4. No more will probably come of this until well after the season

Good news for Cam and Auburn, short-term. The fact that the NCAA did interview relevant parties and still came to this decision makes me breathe a little easier.

But... If the ongoing investigations turn up anything else on Cam or Auburn, then the specter of vacated wins/sanctions could still loom large. If this turns out to be the case, I say again, all involved should be punished severely

[The Reckoning]

anybody knows that pastors are businessmen first and foremost before being men of God

[Fpoonsie]

Cool. Didn't care much at all about the guy or the controversy until I heard he used to play ball at Blinn. I went to JC there, too, soooo...go, um, whatever the plural form of our mascot was! What was it? The Broncos? The Bucks?

[DesignatedT]

Cool. Didn't care much at all about the guy or the controversy until I heard he used to play ball at Blinn. I went to JC there, too, soooo...go, um, whatever the plural form of our mascot was! What was it? The Broncos? The Bucks?

Buccaneers, haha.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

If his dad took money but Cam was not involved I still do not think he should be completely scot-free...

[monosylab1k]

In other words, the NCAA doesn't want to deal with this right now while he's making them money, so in a few years they'll just retroactively take away his Heisman and Auburn's NC win this season.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

You pretty much nailed it.

[leemajors]

In other words, the NCAA doesn't want to deal with this right now while he's making them money, so in a few years they'll just retroactively take away his Heisman and Auburn's NC win this season.

Yup.

[Brutalis]

In other words, the NCAA doesn't want to deal with this right now while he's making them money, so in a few years they'll just retroactively take away his Heisman and Auburn's NC win this season.

Exactly. They want the media monkey off their backs to make the money and will just fuck Auburn up good when they money stops coming in.

Foolish people.

[Brutalis]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/sports/ncaafootball/03auburn.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=jim%20delany&st=cse

[K-State Spur]

The NCAA has spoken loud and clear the past two weeks:

1) Parents, shop your kids all you want, just don't tell them that you are doing so. (Actually, they almost assuredly know, but we can't prove that they knew.) [the Newton rule]

2) Players, take all the money that you want from agents. We probably won't catch you, but if we do - you just need to pay it back (out of your scholarship money) to charity and miss a handful of non-con games. [the Selby rule]

3) If avoidable, don't be Turkish. [the Kanter rule]

[jacobdrj]

NCAA/BCS so dumb.
Just trying to evade the tax penalties of actually paying these players that make the money in the 1st place.

Europe does a better job with multi-tiered sports leagues.

[Blake]

The NCAA has spoken loud and clear the past two weeks:

1) Parents, shop your kids all you want, just don't tell them that you are doing so. (Actually, they almost assuredly know, but we can't prove that they knew.) [the Newton rule]

2) Players, take all the money that you want from agents. We probably won't catch you, but if we do - you just need to pay it back (out of your scholarship money) to charity and miss a handful of non-con games. [the Selby rule]

3) If avoidable, don't be Turkish. [the Kanter rule]

If your parents live in a poor neighborhood and your dad suddenly buys you a new Escalade, just don't ask.