No NCAA rules were violated...

The NCAA not only allows schools to provide money to athletes during emergencies it provides some money for that in a lump sum to conferences. The situation described in Tunsil’s social media conversation would presumably fall within the guidelines of this fund.
The NCAA manual says “The Student Assistance Fund is intended to provide direct benefits to student-athletes or their families as determined by conference offices. As a guiding principal the fund shall be used to assist student-athletes in meeting financial needs that arise in conjunction with participation in intercollegiate athletics.”

So now that it is established that no NCAA rules violations have occurred, the matter now becomes about public perception. And perception is reality, especially amongst SEC schools whose asses have been kicked with alarming regularity recently by Ole Miss. So my question would be to Auburn fans, who recently took a severe perception hit with the Can Newton thing, but was found innocent by the NCAA...how do we, as Ole Miss fans, cope? Asses will continue to be kicked for at least 3 more years, but those asses will be kicked under the cloud of a perception that we cheated. just like Auburn experienced before they started sucking hard. also, how long before Ole Miss performance on the field feels the effect of this shitshow?