krambman;583467 wrote:They are the "World Wide Leader in Sports," not sports reporting or sports investigative journalism. They are the Entertainment Sports Programming Network. SportCenter is an entertainment clips show. Should they report on it and raise some questions? Yes, and I'm sure they will. Would it be as much as if this dealt with a conference that they don't have a huge contract with? Probably not. But dealing with issue like this isn't their goal. Providing sports entertainment is their goal. Besides, look at all of the "liberal" news networks out there. None of them are really that liberal because they are all owned by major corporations that benefit from Republican policies, but no one seems to complain about that. The only news network that can be truly liberal is PBS because it's publicly funded. You just don't bite the hand that feeds you. Same concept.

trep14;583567 wrote:Is it possible that TCU sitting at number 3 has anything to do with this decision? I used to joke about the BCS/NCAA participating in some collusion/conspiracy to keep non-AQ teams from participating in the NC game but this seems like it might actually be happening now.

se-alum;583572 wrote:It's their goal when they want it to be, but they're not going to upset their money conference.

charliehustle14;583576 wrote:This whole thing seems so ridiculous. What a juvenile ruling.

I guess if Reggie wanted to keep his Heisman all he had to do was say that he had no idea that USC was giving his family benefits.

trep14;583567 wrote:Is it possible that TCU sitting at number 3 has anything to do with this decision? I used to joke about the BCS/NCAA participating in some collusion/conspiracy to keep non-AQ teams from participating in the NC game but this seems like it might actually be happening now.

"Based on the information available to the reinstatement staff at this time, we do not have sufficient evidence that Cam Newton or anyone from Auburn was aware of this activity, which led to his reinstatement," said Kevin Lennon, NCAA vice president for academic and membership affairs.

The NCAA won't say its case is closed on the Newton recruitment even though it clears Newton himself. Its statement notes that reinstatement likely occurs "prior to the close of an investigation."

charliehustle14;583576 wrote:This whole thing seems so ridiculous. What a juvenile ruling.

I guess if Reggie wanted to keep his Heisman all he had to do was say that he had no idea that USC was giving his family benefits.

jhay78;583594 wrote:Just to clarify- does this mean "case closed", or just that they don't have enough evidence at this time to make a definitive ruling?

enigmaax;583685 wrote:Well, I'm surprised he didn't get anything at all, but so much for all the hogwash about Auburn vacating wins.

Writerbuckeye;583692 wrote:Yet.

cats gone wild;583696 wrote:Pssst, pssst,
T. Pryor's dad..........if you are on this site, I will have my agent give you $1.80 for your son to come to LSU next year. Make sure you dont tell your son about this though. It's O.K. as long as we dont tell your son (or he can just act like he dont know nothing about this) shhhhhh, between me and you. On a side note, we got alot better weather down here and your son will be what it takes to win a title. Yes, thats right, a title!! Does your mom like Range Rovers or Hummers?

cats gone wild;583696 wrote:Pssst, pssst,
T. Pryor's dad..........if you are on this site, I will have my agent give you $1.80 for your son to come to LSU next year. Make sure you dont tell your son about this though. It's O.K. as long as we dont tell your son (or he can just act like he dont know nothing about this) shhhhhh, between me and you. On a side note, we got alot better weather down here and your son will be what it takes to win a title. Yes, thats right, a title!! Does your mom like Range Rovers or Hummers?

vball10set;583414 wrote:they'll be some, but not a lot...if this had been the first we heard about it, then yes--but this thing has taken on a life of it's own, and it's had enough time to be discussed, processed, and rehashed enough that apathy has already set in.

karen lotz;583426 wrote:There won't be a lot by ESPN or their employees for obvious reasons which will be misleading because they are the self proclaimed "World Wide Leader" and the most visible. Media members not associated with ESPN won't have an issue questioning the ruling.

ccrunner609;584806 wrote:do they think he is getting nailed before the bowls?


I did hear Dan PAtrick this morning talking about how it didnt matter if he knew or not. The NCAA rules dont differ between him and his dad. Like Reggie Bush case, one in the same.

vball10set;584793 wrote:I was wrong...Mike & Mike, along with Mark Schlereth, just blistered this whole thing this morning--and I'm glad. I've got a feeling this isn't over yet, and I don't mean two years down the road either.