re: CAMGATE - What YOU need to know

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It breaks down like this. If I'm a 5* recruit and I'm trying to decide between LSU and Bama. I'm doing it right, and just waiting until the last minute to make a tough decision. However, my crackhead cousin decides to frick with me behind me back and calls a booster from Bama demanding 100K or I'll play for LSU. Bama pays out for fear the other will steal me, and the cousin hops a plane to Brazil. I commit to LSU the next week, WITH ZERO KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT MY CRACKHEAD COUSIN DID, and Bama turns me/my cousin in to the NCAA and the SEC.

Now I ask you, is that my fault? Because until someone can prove that Cam had any knowledge of a single thing going on behind the scenes, it's all moot.

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Your hypothetical is not even in the same ballpark as the Cam Newton situation. Cam has admitted in more than one interview that Rev. Cecil alone made the decision that Cam would go to Auburn, which circumstantially (given what we know about Cecil's solicitation from MSU) appears that Rev. Cecil got something from Auburn in exchange for delivering Cam.

I would think that Auburn's best argument would have been if Cam signed with Auburn against his father's wishes. Then it would appear that Cecil got nothing from Auburn.

All this circumstantial evidence against Auburn is probably not enough to penalize them. To me, the smoking gun against Auburn is the alleged tape (where Cam states Auburn paid more). Unless the tape or some other direct evidence of payment or solicitation by Cam and/or Cecil emerges, Auburn is in the clear.