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

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Let's hypothesize that the NCAA eventually uncovers clear evidence of a money trail from AU to Cecil. Is it your contention that, absent any proof that Cam was aware of the transaction, that his eligibility for games that took place after the money changed hands would remain unaffected?

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I'm not hypothesizing anything......based on what the NCAA VP who ruled on the matter said, it is all about the degree of responsibility of the student-athlete. If we find out tomorrow that Cam's dad was paid ten million bucks, and Cam didn't know, Cam's responsibility is still zero, per Kevin Lennon.

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You ARE aware, aren't you, that the NCAA makes the same amount of money from the TV rights regardless of what two teams end up playing in it, don't you?

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The SEC is the one pushing this. They stand to gain 10s of millions of dollars or loss that on this. The SEC could stop this in a heart beat but they are motivated to stone wall it.

What can happen is parents can extort payments from schools that in the end don't sign the player and the players is free to continue to play since they don't know about it and they didn't sign at the schools that paid them. This isn't about Auburn but about the amateur status of Newton.