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re: John Bond is supposed to leak some bigger news tonight
Posted on 2/23/11 at 10:29 am to saltybulldog
Posted on 2/23/11 at 10:29 am to saltybulldog
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Wait. Is it common knowledge that working a pay-for-play to school A and B, but ultimately signing with school C (who was never part of a deal) NOT an NCAA violation? And by common knowledge, I mean prior to the NCAA making the Newton ruling in November.
It seemed to me that everyone and their brother thought a solicitation of any kind to any school was a violation.
That's the entire problem with the rule. Nobody knows how to interpret it.
The rule states that if a student athlete of anybody acting on the behalf of the student athlete solicits extra benefits at any time, the student athlete will be ruled ineligible.
OK, but is it at every school or just the school(s) that the attempted solicitation was made? If it's someone acting on the student athlete's behalf, does the student athlete (obviously, in this situation, Cam) have to know about it?
Obviously, with the NCAA's ruling, it sounds like they're saying the student athlete has to know about the solicitation, and the student athlete would only be ineligible if he attended the school where the solicitation was attempted. But the rule is vague, and it needs to be cleared up.
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Posted on 2/23/11 at 10:40 am to saltybulldog
In the words of Charlie from Always Sunny, the NCAA "just got lawyered" by us
Posted on 2/23/11 at 11:15 am to beaver
I do not doubt that for one second. I say bravo to the Aub attorneys.
Posted on 2/23/11 at 12:13 pm to saltybulldog
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Wait. Is it common knowledge that working a pay-for-play to school A and B, but ultimately signing with school C (who was never part of a deal) NOT an NCAA violation? And by common knowledge, I mean prior to the NCAA making the Newton ruling in November.
It seemed to me that everyone and their brother thought a solicitation of any kind to any school was a violation.
Which is precisely why I think Cam went to Auburn. No other school who had been asked for money could sign him. Auburn could because they had not really been on his radar very long and could claim they never offered money nor had direct knowledge of his father's attempts to get money from other schools.
I'm telling you, if the tapes come out and Cecil is talking about having mega offers from Tennessee or any other school, it is likely a lie where he is trying to convince State boosters to match a nonexistent offer. My source involved with State recruiting told me exactly what Cecil was doing before he ever committed to Auburn and how Cecil may have messed things up to the point of where Cam would lose his offer with State.
FACT: The day Cam Newton committed to Auburn, he no longer had a commitable offer from Miss St or Tennessee. I have no knowledge of the other schools involved.
This post was edited on 2/23/11 at 12:19 pm
Posted on 2/23/11 at 12:23 pm to Monticello
Wasnt OU recruiting Cam as well?
Posted on 2/23/11 at 12:29 pm to parkjas2001
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Wasnt OU recruiting Cam as well?
I believe so, but like I say, I only have direct knowledge of what Miss St's involvement was and how that related to Tennessee. Cecil pulled the same stunt on Tennessee that he did with State (falsely saying the other school had offered cash and wanting them to match it). Eventually Cecil was found out when State and UT coaches talked to each other. Both quit recruiting Newton and soon after he committed to Auburn.
I cant say for sure why he went to Auburn and whether Cecil's game may have finally worked, but I think it was simply because it was one of his few options left.
Posted on 2/23/11 at 1:58 pm to Monticello
This at least passes the smell test and I so want it to be true so from this point forward I'm going with your account. 
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