re: This is no longer about Auburn, it is about the next university...

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That was my initial point, even if it doesn't impact the player's eligibility, it still is a violation on the part of the institution if money changes hands and that is where the schools would be playing with fire.

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Now that we have seen this ruling, it only seems reasonable that if a school "didn't know", just like a player "didn't know", that they will be held to the same standard. If the NCAA tried to punish a university without being able to prove that they knew anything, based on the Cam/Cecil precedent, it sure seems like the NCAA would be on the losing end of a lawsuit. And when this happens dozens or hundreds of times, like it will, just how much legal costs can the NCAA afford.

As for boosters, some rich guy will still have access to the team & games regardless of what anyone says......they'll just get a new person to give money to the players' families the next time, and the next, and the next, and the next.....