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If Bush had talked to Cal about a pay for play and went to USC instead it would be the same issue. Since Bush went to USC and took money, well he could have gone anywhere and taken money, he was going to be ruled ineligible. If the NCAA finds out that MSU or Auburn paid for Newton then the NCAA could rule him ineligible. Right now we have people mixing up actually being paid and talking about being paid.

What you and AU77 are saying does not apply. the fact is in the SEC there is a rule and it was broken.

"If at any time before or after matriculation in a member institution a student-athlete or any member of his/her family receives or agrees to receive, directly or indirectly, any aid or assistance beyond or in addition to that permitted by the Bylaws of this Conference (except such aid or assistance as such student-athlete may receive from those persons on whom the student is naturally or legally dependent for support), such student- athlete shall be ineligible for competition in any intercollegiate sport within the Conference for the remainder of his/her college career."

Cam's father agreed to accept the money by shopping him. Per the SEC he can not compete within the SEC in any SPORT. WHat did the SEC office say:

"SEC Bylaw 14.01.3.2 does not apply in this situation it only applies when there is an actual payment of an improper benefit, or an agreement (such as a handshake agreement) to pay and receive an improper benefit. The facts in this case, as we understand them, are that the
student-athlete's father, without the knowledge of the student-athlete, solicited improper payments (which were rejected) from an institution the young man did not attend, and that the institution where the young man is enrolled was not involved."

So what the SEC office is saying is that Cecil did not agree to take money even though he requested it! And there must not have been a hand shake.

Then the SEC totally ignored the "within the conference" clause by saying even if he did ask, it was at a different school.

AU got protected in the interest of the ... money.