Now THIS is something Dez has a right to be ticked about

[Primetime42]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...cam-newton-ncaa-eligible/index.html?eref=sihp

Also, by doing the right thing based on the available evidence, the NCAA has opened a gaping loophole in its own enforcement process. Any player who is for sale during his recruitment now may shift blame to a parent, an uncle or a crooked family friend and say, "Well, you let Cam Newton play." USC tailback Dillon Baxter should be furious. His school held him out of a game for receiving a golf cart ride from an agent. Any player who has had to sit a game because someone considered by the NCAA to be a booster or agent bought lunch has a legitimate beef. My guess is that if Auburn isn't in a position to win the national title, the NCAA would have suspended Newton for a game or two, but the stakes were just too big -- especially considering undefeated Auburn got jobbed out of playing for the national title by the BCS system only six years ago.
How big is the loophole? Ask Sonny Vaccaro, the basketball power-broker. "The NCAA just gave cover to every middle man in the country," Vaccaro told Dan Wetzel of Yahoo! Sports. "The kids never know. In all my years, I've never heard of a kid being involved in the negotiation. You think they ask? Of course not. Their mom asks. Their coach asks. Their cousin asks. This is crazy."
It would be easy to criticize the NCAA for ripping out its own teeth, but the hearts of the reinstatement staff were in the correct place. Given the available facts, the younger Newton was a pawn in all this, and he shouldn't be punished for the sins of his father. The NCAA release said no evidence exists to indicate Cam Newton knew of the scheme. Even if he did, could he have stopped it? Think back to when you were Newton's age. Could you have defied your father? Some might have, but most people wouldn't have.


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The bigger issue here of course is a man basically pimping out his own son for easy cash, but the fact Dez Bryant lost an entire year of eligibility for saying he didn't know somebody is asinine by comparison.

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad things worked out the way they did, because he likely would not be a Cowboy if his stock hadn't taken such a nosedive, but he has every right to be irate with this.

 

[The Quest for Six]

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The bigger issue here of course is a man basically pimping out his own son for easy cash, but the fact Dez Bryant lost an entire year of eligibility for saying he didn't know somebody is asinine by comparison.

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad things worked out the way they did, because he likely would not be a Cowboy if his stock hadn't taken such a nosedive, but he has every right to be irate with this.

Dez flat out "LIED" to the NCAA, he got what he deserves...

 

[The Emperor]

Dez Bryant is a Dallas Cowboy now. He shouldn't care.

 

[Primetime42]

Dez flat out "LIED" to the NCAA, he got what he deserves...

Agreed.

But the punishment didn't fit the crime.

I don't buy for a minute Cam Newton didn't know what was going on.

Something is rotten in Denmark.

 

[T-RO]

The NCAA itself needs investigation...for a ton of things. The pile of corruption has been mounting in all kinds of ways. The BCS system is a crok. You have Bowl administrators making 400k a year. Favoriti$m runs rampant.

And the notion that Cam's father is culpable but his son is not is such BS. The NCAA and ESPN machine has fated Cam for the championship game and heisman award.* They won't let this little scandal get in the way.

If you want to see an interesting parallel take a look over the past decade at how many times:
1. Schools without big money from conferences without big money play for a title. (Answer: never)
2. How often teams that play in the title game happen to have the Heisman player on their team. (Answer: almost every season) What a coincidence.

 

[JBS]

HALLELUJAH for the ncaa

without those clowns we would never have landed Dez...best thing that could have ever happened to us

 

[Illini88228]

I've never really gotten into college sports, and stuff like this is why. It's all so arbitrary.

In fact, I know a lot of people who don't know anything about college sports except that the NCAA is corrupt. It's like professional wrestling, some people like it, some people don't, but the only people who think it's completely fair are in denial.

 

[jobberone]

Dez flat out "LIED" to the NCAA, he got what he deserves...

BS. Way overboard. I don't have a lot of sympathy for the NCAA.

 

[T-RO]

I've never really gotten into college sports, and stuff like this is why. It's all so arbitrary.

In fact, I know a lot of people who don't know anything about college sports except that the NCAA is corrupt. It's like professional wrestling, some people like it, some people don't, but the only people who think it's completely fair are in denial.

I have lost a lot of my interest in college sports in the past decade. In the past two seasons I've watched (combined) about 5 quarters of football.

But it's not just the NCAA---it's ESPN as co-conspirator.

 

[casmith07]

Seriously? Why does this matter?

 

[unionjack8]

Dez flat out "LIED" to the NCAA, he got what he deserves...

lol, he lied to the most corrupt sporting power in the country and cam newtons father accepts cash and he plays, the NCAA is a farce, its governed by guys taking back handers and reach arounds from Athletic directors and well to be local busioness men.

 

[Jimz31]

The NCAA just doesn't want TCU in the championship game....ratings...follow the money....

 

[AbeBeta]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...cam-newton-ncaa-eligible/index.html?eref=sihp



The bigger issue here of course is a man basically pimping out his own son for easy cash, but the fact Dez Bryant lost an entire year of eligibility for saying he didn't know somebody is asinine by comparison.

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad things worked out the way they did, because he likely would not be a Cowboy if his stock hadn't taken such a nosedive, but he has every right to be irate with this.

So you should suspend a guy for what his DAD did. But the guy who actually did something himself should have gotten off lighter?

 

[big dog cowboy]

HALLELUJAH for the ncaa

without those clowns we would never have landed Dez...best thing that could have ever happened to us

Interesting take. You make a good point.

 

[Jimz31]

So you should suspend a guy for what his DAD did. But the guy who actually did something himself should have gotten off lighter?

Do you HONESTLY think the he had NO IDEA that his dad was doing this?

 

[StylisticS]

The NCAA just doesn't want TCU in the championship game....ratings...follow the money....

Well honestly if Auburn loses to SC, I still think they play for the title. A 1 loss SEC team will look more impressive than a 0 loss MWC team. I still agree with the OP, though. It really doesn't matter. But the NCAA is showing that they are not consistent.

 

[The Emperor]

Seriously? Why does this matter?

It shouldn't. If you're an NFL player worrying about what went on in college, then you're no different than folks who still talk about high school fifteen years later.

 

[BlueStar3398]

HALLELUJAH for the ncaa

without those clowns we would never have landed Dez...best thing that could have ever happened to us

I agree. He was meant to be a Dallas Cowboy

 

[CATCH17]

I lol at people who say the NFL is all about the money.

College Football is 100% about the money.

They refuse to name a legit champion just for money reasons.


The Texas Longhorns had a chance to end all of that by going to the Pac 16 but what did they do? They took an incredible money offer instead of just taking a really good money offer and pioneering for the betterment of the sport.

 

[kmd24]

Seriously? Why does this matter?

It probably matters a lot to a guy that dropped to 24th and signed for $8.5 million guaranteed when a spot in the top 10 would have earned him $20 million guaranteed.