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SEC Bylaw 14.01.3.2

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.

Well let me see.  The NCAA and the SEC both agree that Cecil Newton attempted to solicit payment for his sons services.  Then there are the text messages which outline a payment schedule for these services.  So, the NCAA and the SEC both state that no money was ever exchanged between a representative of Newton and an NCAA institution.  Alright, there is no proof of this, yet!  And they declare him good to go.

However, lets take a look at the words up top in the bold font.  It clearly states AGREED and INDIRECTLY.  It says nothing about receiving an actual payment.  Wouldn't the text messages outlining a payment plan be an AGREEMENT?  I would believe so.  Those are not my words either.  They are straight from NCAA by-laws.

What would the NCAA or the SEC have done if this were Mississippi?

So, it is obvious the SEC and the NCAA are sweeping this under the rug until after the 2010 season is complete.  Auburn will still make tens of millions of dollars based on this season's successes.  A school like TCU will lose out on the chance to play for a National Tile, and the rest of us must relive the Reggie Bush scandal all over again.  All for what?  So the NCAA can come back 3 years from now and make Auburn vacate their wins on paper?  Wow!  What a joke the NCAA is becoming.  By not standing up to Auburn and Cam Newton, the NCAA is potentially cutting its own throat. They are opening themselves up to lawsuits, a PR nightmare, and a potential demise of the BCS.