re: NCAA had no choice

The Alabama situation with Ingram and Julio involved Alabama ruling them ineligible and the NCAA reinstating them after a two game suspension. In other words, they had to be ruled ineligible and reinstated by the NCAA prior to playing again. True, it was determined that the players received a benefit and that's not the case with Cam Newton, BUT Auburn never went through the reinstatement process until Nov 30, 2010 which was nearly a year after they were aware of eligibility issues with Cam Newton. Regardless of what Cam knew or didn't know and whether actual illegal benefits were received, that is a failure to follow NCAA protocol and that alone should be an NCAA penalty. Forget that there was no payment and this involved MSU and not Auburn, Cam Newton was damaged goods at that point and a solicitation violation had occurred which the NCAA just stated. Auburn failed to properly reinstate Newton prior to the 2010 football season. They waited after the regular season to declare him ineligible despite the issue being crystal clear well before the start of the season.