re: Why would MSU not tell SEC about telephone conversations...

I think this is one of those things where people (from the public and media) are confused because they are now getting second hand accounts of what was and wasn't said months ago

What would MSU report to the SEC in January if they didn't tell them about the "money was too much" quote? Did they just pick up a phone and say... "look we really wanted this guy, we thought we had him... and at the last second he went to Auburn".

That wouldn't seem like much of a report. A verbal allegation of him saying "the money was too much to pass up" is still not much in the way of substance (it's suspicious but doesn't stand alone as evidence)

So if I had to guess I'd guess that they provided a verbal and/or written account of Cam and/or his father saying they couldn't pass up the money. If they have that on tape they probably passed that along in Jan or July too... if there are no tapes then obviously they only have the hearsay

And no matter what (tapes or no tapes) that stuff won't stand alone as proof of wrongdoing without demonstrating some sort of paper trail in Auburn IMO... so yeah it takes a while to investigate for the SEC or NCAA