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re: Emmert on Bruce Pearl and Cam Newton in USAToday
Posted on 12/15/10 at 8:34 pm to Vince
Posted on 12/15/10 at 8:34 pm to Vince
The NCAA's most marketable item.
A Heisman trophy winner playing in the BCSCG.
Sell TV ads with Oregon versus TCU, and tell me the networks are going to be satisfied.
The SEC stood to lose 17 million on one BCS game alone.
If the NCAA declared Cam ineligible, the only thing they stood to gain was integrity. They lose tons of money. I'm not sure how to calculate viewing points and commercial time, etc., but I'm going to guess it's equivalent to the Super Bowl of college athletics.
I'm fine as a fan to allow things to play out. But, I'm insulted and embarrassed to find out the SEC sat on this, and once they reluctantly had to deal with it, the NCAA asked me to believe a kid with his resume of integrity and character, knew nothing about his father's actions, after stating in published articles that he left his decision up to his father.
The only way I'm going to swallow this, is if he goes down Bush style once all interested parties have collected.
A Heisman trophy winner playing in the BCSCG.
Sell TV ads with Oregon versus TCU, and tell me the networks are going to be satisfied.
The SEC stood to lose 17 million on one BCS game alone.
If the NCAA declared Cam ineligible, the only thing they stood to gain was integrity. They lose tons of money. I'm not sure how to calculate viewing points and commercial time, etc., but I'm going to guess it's equivalent to the Super Bowl of college athletics.
I'm fine as a fan to allow things to play out. But, I'm insulted and embarrassed to find out the SEC sat on this, and once they reluctantly had to deal with it, the NCAA asked me to believe a kid with his resume of integrity and character, knew nothing about his father's actions, after stating in published articles that he left his decision up to his father.
The only way I'm going to swallow this, is if he goes down Bush style once all interested parties have collected.
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Posted on 12/16/10 at 10:37 am to wahoocs
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I'm fine as a fan to allow things to play out. But, I'm insulted and embarrassed to find out the SEC sat on this, and once they reluctantly had to deal with it, the NCAA asked me to believe a kid with his resume of integrity and character, knew nothing about his father's actions, after stating in published articles that he left his decision up to his father.
You obviously do not understand the NCAA's powers.
Posted on 12/16/10 at 11:18 am to wahoocs
I see how the SEC stood to lose a lot. But in the interview with MArk Emmert, we learn that the NCAA's cash cow is the NCAA Hoops Tourney, and they make only a pittance (less than 1 million off the BCSCG)regardless of who plays. However, Emmert has ties to the SEC who would has lost big time without it's usual two teams (AU is BCSCG and Arky in Sugar) in the game. I think the NCAA was looking, but did't want to find anything too early. They have time to look harder from here on out. After the game is over, the SEC will get it's funds, Auburn and even other SEC schools (?UF)could be potentially punished, even severely, but no money will be refunded from the SEC and its members. That is the safe play for the NCAA which would lose every shred of limited cred it has if it slammed Cam and/or Auburm and couldn't back it up later.
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