OT: Newton Ruled Eligible
http://www.auburn.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1159915
Auburn University football student-athlete Cameron Newton is immediately eligible to compete, according to a decision today by the NCAA student-athlete reinstatement staff. The NCAA concluded on Monday that a violation of amateurism rules occurred, therefore Auburn University declared the student-athlete ineligible yesterday for violations of NCAA amateurism rules.
Am I the only one a little confused? In any event, it looks like he's eligible.
December 1st, 2010 at 7:32 PM ^
have like Auburn so much that he decided to let him commit for free....and coincidentally his church just happened to get a benefactor who liked to wear orange and blue...
December 1st, 2010 at 1:55 PM ^
Cam Newton was stretching on the field for an extra 20 minutes while an assistant coach or intern was in the background giving the money to his dad?
December 1st, 2010 at 2:06 PM ^
Have to love how NCAA handles things. I am sure 5 years from now Newton will have to give back heisman and Auburn will forfeit their national championship. What a fucking joke.
December 1st, 2010 at 2:24 PM ^
So basically:
then
followed by
Thanks NCAA!
December 1st, 2010 at 2:42 PM ^
Anyone remember Crawford getting pretty seriously slapped by the NCAA when he was taken in by a family friend who provided him shelter, food ... and a generally decent life (and safer, too, with greatly reduced risk of dying young)? ... Comparing that case (providing for an athlete's well-being) vs Newton's (dad profiting FROM an athlete's prowess) and the two NCAA rulings is mind-blowing. (Messed up our BBall team pretty badly, too)
December 1st, 2010 at 2:53 PM ^
Why is no one making the connection:
1) Cecil Newton asked for $180,000 for his son to go to Mississippi State.
2) Mississippi State did not pay.
3) Cam Newton went to Auburn.
So, what are the odds he DID receive money from Auburn?
December 1st, 2010 at 3:21 PM ^
Its the SEC Conference Conference Gol Dangit Boys waiver rule. They just used the same rule for Bruce Pearl in Tennessee Basketball.
December 1st, 2010 at 3:26 PM ^
How did they get that investigation done so quick? They hardly had to wait for a decision. Maybe the NCAA got a little pay to play.
December 1st, 2010 at 4:43 PM ^
I find this to be such a frustrating situation.
On what basis can the NCAA conclude that Cam Newton has no knowledge of his fathers antics? Are they just taking his word for it? There is no way you can undeniably say that Cam Newton was sitting in a position of ignorance through this entire affair.
Sorry, but this entire situation reeks of the NCAA knowing they can make a lot more money off Auburn playing for the National Championship than TCU.
What an absolute joke.
December 1st, 2010 at 5:32 PM ^
.......college football fandom. The simple fact that money was discussed in whether or not Newton(I refuse to call him by his first name only. That is reserved for UM players and the rare player from another school that is genuinely likable. Like Toby) went to play for MissSt., but then went to Auburn, raises a ton of questions regarding Auburn's recruitment of him.
My understanding is that the Feds were involved in Auburn financial issues and that this popped up out of their investigation into the other issues. A deflection was tried, by intimating that MissSt. was going the "pay for play" route, and everything about Auburn itself was kept hush-hush, but with the Feds in the know, the NCAA had to "investigate" it. They found smoke and at least a little fire, otherwise Newton wouldn't have been suspended to begin with, yet with all the pressure from the SEC, Auburn, and who knows who else, the suspension was lifted, allowing him to compete this weekend, walk away with the Heisman, lead Auburn to a MNC, and the chips would fall later.
Newton is the next Bush, although it will only be found out years later what happened, and by then the damage will have already been done. TCU wouldn't be able to go back and compete for the MNC, whether you agree they should or not doesn't matter. Moore, Luck, James and the rest won't be able to go back and receive the Heisman. Recruits won't be able to go back and receive all of their eligibility after playing for Auburn. Recruits won't be able to go back and play for another school without the damnation that will be heaped upon Auburn, and by extension, those willing to go and play cfb there.
The NCAA is dropping the ball big-time on this, which is really surprising considering all the flack from their long, drawn out investigation of USC and Bush.
December 1st, 2010 at 5:50 PM ^
Is there some kind of loophole with the church getting the money and none of it "directly" going into the Rev's pocket?
December 1st, 2010 at 7:14 PM ^
As long as that money was to get his signature, the bylaws say he is ineligable.
December 2nd, 2010 at 1:16 AM ^
Just read a really good article comparing Kanter's case with Newtwon's.
I hate Kentucky, but it's a good read.
http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/feed/2010-09/enes-kanter
A little preview:
One family purposefully does wrong, shredding the NCAA’s most obvious rule, and the son prospers and excels.
One family mistakenly stumbles outside the more ambiguous pages of the NCAA’s rulebook, and the son sits with the weight of permanent ineligibility draped across his shoulders.
If the NCAA wants its operation to be perceived as serious, and certainly it does given the billions at stake, there can be no option other than to order Kanter’s family to repay the amount in question and restoring his eligibility immediately, counting the six games missed as time served.
The Kanters would gladly write that check. Unlike some, they are not looking to be enriched by their son’s time as an NCAA athlete.
December 2nd, 2010 at 1:51 AM ^
You know who should be pissed off? Chris Webber. Ed Martin befriended Mayce Webber back before Chris's high school freshman year. (Originally, Martin's goal was to steer Webber to Southwestern HS, coached by Perry Watson.) Most of the money Martin gave likely went to Mayce and not Chris;, by all accounts, Chris didn't seem to be flaunting any money when he was at U-M. He could have plausibly used the "It was my dad, not me" excuse. He's banned from any contact with the school for 10 years while Newton gets off scot-free. Amazing.
(This doesn't excuse Taylor, Traylor or Bullock taking cash from Martin, though. Their relationships with Martin started later than Webber's did - and they definitely flaunted the cash.)