re: Emmert on Bruce Pearl and Cam Newton in USAToday

I see how the SEC stood to lose a lot. But in the interview with MArk Emmert, we learn that the NCAA's cash cow is the NCAA Hoops Tourney, and they make only a pittance (less than 1 million off the BCSCG)regardless of who plays. However, Emmert has ties to the SEC who would has lost big time without it's usual two teams (AU is BCSCG and Arky in Sugar) in the game. I think the NCAA was looking, but did't want to find anything too early. They have time to look harder from here on out. After the game is over, the SEC will get it's funds, Auburn and even other SEC schools (?UF)could be potentially punished, even severely, but no money will be refunded from the SEC and its members. That is the safe play for the NCAA which would lose every shred of limited cred it has if it slammed Cam and/or Auburm and couldn't back it up later.