Bush's FAMILY got stuff. They got a house and money was it not? But yet Newton's father was shopping his son to schools, yet that's not punishable. What that saying the NCAA uses? "The parent is the Athlete?"
No, what the NCAA is saying is that you are not allowed to ACCEPT stuff from agents or boosters or what-have-you. Bush's family got that shit (from I believe it was an Agent). There is no evidence thusfar that Newton or his family RECEIVED anything. That's why he isn't punished. You cannot punish people for things that are not proven.
Newton is in the same situation Bush was in. On the verge of winning the heisman on his way to the National Championship.
And Bush played, so why are you complaining? It is NOT a double standard, in fact, it's treating both situations fairly.
But it makes sense that it took the NCAA 5 years to find that Bush's family took something, and just like Megatron said in about 5 years time, we are going to turn on ESPN and see that Newton has to give his heisman back and blah blah blah.
If they prove that they actually RECEIVED something, you're right. But that's better then the alternative.
How do you think the NCAA would feel if the face of college football was found guilty of being pimped to other schools? It would absolutely kill the NCAA image, and that image is already pretty bad.
It would be better then them banning Newton/Auburn, Newton/Auburn filing a lawsuit, and the Supreme Court (where it would ultimately end up) proving that Newton didn't violate the rules (which is still possible).
So they did the only thing they could, say nothing happened and move on. But like it's been said in 5 years it will be a different story.
It MAY be a different story. There is no evidence so far. I don't know why people are acting like there is evidence, when there isn't any yet. It's pretty sad actually.
Newton's father was literally his son's pimp, trying to sell him to whoever would give the most how the hell is that not punishable.
Because the NCAA doesn't punish people for threatening violations. They punish people for actully violating.
Does it also make sense that Auburn is the one who suspended Newton themselves. Why would they suspend him if he did nothing???? And the NCAA reinstated him??
I never heard anything of the sorts. In fact, it was the opposite, the NCAA declared him ineligible until they realized they don't have evidence to do so.
The same NCAA that suspended AJ Green for selling HIS jersey, the same NCAA that suspended the Ohio St. players for selling THEIR own stuff, and suspended Dez Bryant last year for having lunch with Deion Sanders. If Dez Bryant can't have lunch with Deion Sanders, why should Newton's father be able to sell his son to schools? Yeah makes perfect sense.
1. The rules say you cannot sell memorabilia. Hence the suspensions. College athletes are not allowed to profit off of their abilities. That's the rules. They may suck, but rules are rules, and the players are well-informed of the rules. Violating them is warranting of a suspension, because you gotta be a fucking moron if you think you can get away with it.
2. They ruled that Deion was acting as representative of an agent, hence the suspension. Contact with agents or representatives there-in are worthy of suspensions. Not to mention the potential for improper benefits (they went to lunch, who paid? Was he given anything?) is immense.
3. For the umpteenth time, Cecil Newton (Cams father) has not been proven guilty of selling his son to Auburn (the only school that matters in this instance). Since nothing was exchanged, no penalty is administered.
