Newton ruled eligible by NCAA

It is a travesty. Just like white collar crime- except I will coin the phrase that will become synonymous with this scandal: "sub 4.4 forty" crime.
 
the NCAA's new motto "if you are good, cheat all you want. Start losing and then we'll look at punishments though"

what a freaking joke. I hope cam breaks his leg.
 
Not a USC fan but one of they're players got a ride in a golf cart from somebody on campus, they suspended him for it on a Thursday, and it took NCAA til the following week to review it and he got a 1 game suspension for a ride in a golf cart. Scam's reviewed the following day?
 
Basically if your a good player at a program with a chance for the title, you will get the benefit of the doubt. As long as your parents are the ones shopping you around and you supposedly never knew about it, you are not punished. Now what happened if he did go to MS State and they have no chance at the title, i bet he gets ruled ineligible for the entire year. NCAA is a joke
 
Absolutely ridiculous. I already hate Chizek, and this gives me full reign to hate Auburn too. Way to go NCAA.
 
Their will probably be some sort of punishment but it won't happen until after the season or years down the road like the Reggie Bush case. If Auburn wasn't in the race for a National title, the punishment would happen now. Too much money for the NCAA is involved. This has coverup written all over it. Too much is at stake for the BCS and the NCAA. PLEASE LET AUBURN LOSE THIS WEEKEND!!
 
yeah, i'm sure this isn't the end of it, but the real punishment won't come until this is season is long over with.
 
If I'm a parent of a big time recruit, I shop around for 200K per school for my child to even consider your school. Then at the time of signing I do a silent auction for those schools. Highest bidder wins, and I'm a millionaire before the kid even steps foot in college. So who cares if he makes it to the NFL. And then just tell my kid to deny it at all costs.
 
DaDynasty said:
If I'm a parent of a big time recruit, I shop around for 200K per school for my child to even consider your school. Then at the time of signing I do a silent auction for those schools. Highest bidder wins, and I'm a millionaire before the kid even steps foot in college. So who cares if he makes it to the NFL. And then just tell my kid to deny it at all costs.
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Yup. This ruling shows there's really no penalty whatsoever for shopping your kid around. If the school and the player can show they had no idea, then you're pretty much free to do whatever you like, I guess.
 
I think everyone agrees this is a bad decision by the NCAA with obvious implications that it will lead to paying players.

Here are two secondary effects:

1) Coaches salaries, paid from boosters money, will become diluted with the competition from players salaries. This might be good or bad.

2) The parity in college football that came from the 88 scholarship limit will reverse. No longer will athletes limit their schools based on scholarship offers or schools limit their recruiting on available positions.

This means, we should expect fewer recruits from Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Texas. There will be a stronger correlation between areas of quality high school talent and the local college teams succeeding on the field.

The first effect is debatable to me, but I think it's probably bad. The second effect is heart-wrenching, as the parity has made college football the best sport in the world.
 
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