re: Can Mark Emmert be objective:

i see that sarcasm meter and raise you.

work on my sarcasm..I have not been sarcastic this entire thread except for the last one...I was debating people that dont seem to quite get it..One happens to be you and the other is bitter over the AJ thing that happened at least 3 years ago.

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I get it, you're a Bama fan.

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I get it..sarcasm meter...cool..

I agree with the unfairness of that situation, how Dareus just happened to have a receipt on a napkin - or something patently ridiculous. And how the poor thing was drowning his sorrows over his mother's sickness by partying with agents. He knew exactly what he was doing.

The T-Town Menswear scandal with picture proof of wrongdoing was swept under the rug, just ignored. Makes you wonder how much stuff has been hidden in the SEC office and never even reaches the NCAA.

The NCAA investigated AU because of a rumor (internet gossip) that Cam just may have received a discount on his Heisman suit, but yet not even the tiniest flag was raised about Julio appearing in at least 18 different suits complete with shoes, accessories, etc., a different one for every game. Pictures now - not just internet rumor.

Yet this is just accepted. How much favoritism is bammer going to get before other programs get fed up? And don't say AU got favoritism. A year-long investigation by the NCAA with them TRYING to find something is not favoritism.

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I agree with the unfairness of that situation, how Dareus just happened to have a receipt on a napkin - or something patently ridiculous. And how the poor thing was drowning his sorrows over his mother's sickness by partying with agents. He knew exactly what he was doing. The T-Town Menswear scandal with picture proof of wrongdoing was swept under the rug, just ignored. Makes you wonder how much stuff has been hidden in the SEC office and never even reaches the NCAA. The NCAA investigated AU because of a rumor (internet gossip) that Cam just may have received a discount on his Heisman suit, but yet not even the tiniest flag was raised about Julio appearing in at least 18 different suits complete with shoes, accessories, etc., a different one for every game. Pictures now - not just internet rumor. Yet this is just accepted. How much favoritism is bammer going to get before other programs get fed up? And don't say AU got favoritism. A year-long investigation by the NCAA with them TRYING to find something is not favoritism.

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Just to make sure I understood - The NCAA investigated Cam Newton, after a scandal broke about a guy trying to get money from MSU for him and then his father admitted to shopping him. Right after the fury over the NCAA announcing that he was still eligible, somebody questioned what he paid for a suit, and the NCAA actually looked into it.

But Julio Jones has been photographed in multiple different suits, AND ACCESSORIES, and even SHOES, and the NCAA has done nothing about this.

Yes, I can see how you would be bitter.

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Albetar at the 2008 spring game, claiming it was the '11 game - after he had been banned).

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Hell, they posted pics of Joe Pannunzio on the sideline, said it was Albetar and ran with it.

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He admitted to talking with MSU. He never admitted to shopping Cam to any other school. And also the other schools never mentioned this "shopping." Even this MSU booster/agent said AU was not involved. Talking to one school's booster about a sum of money is not shopping - shopping means trying to get the best price from multiple schools, and I'm still waiting for proof of that.

Yes, I'm bitter. Of course, most AU fans are bitter that we were assumed to cheat with no proof of any wrongdoing - none, according to the NCAA. Yet one of your boosters is pictured with boxes of jerseys and current players signing them, and all is perfectly innocent.

It is a known NCAA violation for a current player to advertise for a business, and there were multiple pictures of current players outside this booster's store with their pictures and jerseys in his window displays.

Bitter? Yes. But admitting AU bought Cam Newton? Not without proof.

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All you need to know about Emmert is that the TTown Menswear stuff had actual proof

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proof of what, exactly?

Right. Bought.

I guess all players are pimped out in a different suit, tie, shirt, shoes, sunglasses for EVERY game, right? Where would Julio find the money to buy that many suits? Maybe his mother had one of those nice house-sitting jobs. Or maybe Julio had a little deal going with his signature on just one or two jerseys and maybe a football or 2 to "earn" those suits. Quite a cozy little deal until old Tom got careless. And no one believes those pictures were photoshopped. AT ALL.

You believe nothing went on at T-Town Menswear because it was your program. AU fans believe nothing went on with Cam Newton. Only difference we had to be checked out to make sure nothing happened. Bammer was allowed to say "All is well" and nothing was investigated.

You're going to compare the North Carolina stuff Darues got drawn into, as well as the T-town Menswear, to the Cam Newton investigation. His dad did admit to shopping him afterall. If the first two are shaddy...