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

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...who has a player whose parent/uncle/grandparent/sibling asks for money and the country finds out about it. It doesn't even matter if they get the money. Now that the floodgates are open, this will probably happen next season. And people are going to be brazen about it. People are going to look in the TV cameras and laugh when they get discovered. It will be impossible to prove that a kid knew he was being shopped. We all know this is true.

Auburn fell arse-backwards in to an interpretation of the rules no one could have ever expected, considering the past decisions of the NCAA. Good for the Tigers. Maybe Cam can pull a Carmelo Anthony and bring in a long awaited title in his one year at his school. Maybe he won't. But from this day forward, after the dozens, if not hundreds, of instances of player shopping come to light in the near future, Auburn fans will hear the fanbases of the other schools cry out, "But Cecil.....". Auburn will constantly be reminded of the new arms race that it unknowingly triggered. More money will end up being paid out to kids' families because of this precedent regardless of the intentions of the NCAA. Will Auburn be able to outspend the rest of the SEC in this shameful new world? I don't think so. In fact, it won't even be close.

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