Cam Newton (QB New England Patriots)

[dragurd]

I think Auburn should hire this guy....

 

[Jaxbuck]

Completely unrelated to Cam Newton and Auburn but priceless none the less (and no, you can't make this shit up);


Buy a new truck get an AK-47 free

Buy a truck get an AK-47 rifle

Updated: Friday, 12 Nov 2010, 8:07 PM EST
Published : Thursday, 11 Nov 2010, 4:59 PM ES

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SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - The headline really isn't a joke. A Sanford truck dealership is offering a free AK-47 with the purchase of a truck.

SEC! SEC! SEC!

 

[Tlangs]

Wow - now information is coming from sites like businessweek? I can't wait to hear what's on all of those tape recordings.

Folks, the credit for the thread name change goes to LJB.

Apparently i am out of the loop. What is the significance of the s?

 

[cincibuck]

News clip featuring SEC Commish and Auburn Booster:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIX_0nMlIBU"]YouTube - I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here (Casablanca)[/ame]

 

[colobuck79]

It's starting to look like all of this is going to blow over.

 

[Dryden]

Cliffs Notes:

AU Board of Trustees is controlled by a bunch of good-old-boys, the most powerful of which ran a large bank that was seized by the FDIC and is now under FBI investigation for all sorts of misdeeds. Another BoT member/booster owns a casino/dog track in the state. Several AU BoT's/boosters were also on the board of the seized bank.

In the course of the FBI's investigation into improprieties at the bank, their wiretaps recorded several AU BoT members/boosters discussing pay-for-play schemes involving Newton and other members of the recent AU recruiting class, which was remarkably improved over the previous year's lackluster class. Schemes included slot machines rigged to pay out big bucks to AU players, laundering booster money through the casino and into player's hands, secret ATM cards from the bank in question, and funneling money from the university's fundraising arm into the hands of recruits and their families. AU recruiting coordinator Trooper Taylor also heard on wiretap discussing pay-for-play and how much money he needs to wrap up the recruiting class.

AU booster funnels $250k from a non-profit org. to Newton's uncle, who sends it to Cecil. Cecil's church is suddenly repaired. Cecil owns a small trucking company with just a couple drivers. After Cam signs, business picks up to the point where over a dozen drivers are needed.

AU knows they are SOL, but instead of sitting Newton for the rest of the year, they figure they'll try to win a MNC, SEC Champ., and Heisman Trophy and deal with the consequences later. AU's President wanted to sit Cam against UGA but was overruled by AD and boosters. AU was threatened with loss of accreditation (academic equiv. of the death penalty) earlier this decade, but was spared and given probation. The SACS (accrediting body) is not going to spare them this time. So not only is AU looking at a death penalty from the NCAA, they could also very likely become unaccredited as an academic instritution, meaning loss of all federal funds and obviously dismissal from the SEC.

Better than a soap opera.

That's. Just. Tuuurrable.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Apparently i am out of the loop. What is the significance of the s?

sCam = scam

 

[MolGenBuckeye]

[quote='BusNative;181401;2]The real question is, if Auburn loses its accreditation, does that change the worth of an Auburn degree?[/quote]

I'd put it somewhere between $100K-$180K.

 

[TresselstillownsTSUN]

I wonder how many students will sue Auburn if their become worthless, and credits untransferable?

 

[Saw31]

I'd put it somewhere between $100K-$180K.

 

[BB73]

A conference commissioner can't boot a team from postseason play because a player might be ineligible. Slive does that and the NCAA finds Newton was eligible all along and the SEC is toast.

Just in case you skipped over my reply...

I believe that Slive, if he wanted to, could access enough information in the next few days in order to make a determination on Newton and Auburn. He doesn't need to wait for the NCAA investigation to be complete, or for some legal procedings against some of the Auburn boosters to conclude in order to make a decision. And he doesn't need NCAA approval of his decisions.

Here's something from the SEC bylaws, Section 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."

This is from Section 4.4.2, on the powers and duties of the SEC Commissioner:

The Commissioner shall be charged with the duty of administering and enforcing the legislation of the Conference, and shall be vested with broad discretionary authority to carry out the duties of the office, including the assessment of penalties outlined in Article 4.4.3. Subject only to the review procedures established therein, the Commissioner shall have the duty to inspect, investigate and determine violations, and the authority to impose penalties and sanctions against member institutions, including their athletic staff members and their student-athletes, for practices and conduct which violate the spirit, as well as the letter of the Conference rules and regulations;​

(b) The Commissioner shall have jurisdiction on all questions of student eligibility for intercollegiate athletic competition and may appoint an advisory committee on eligibility and infractions and base actions on consultations with this committee;
(c) The Commissioner is authorized to issue such interpretations, rules, regulations, memoranda, instructions, forms and procedures as may be necessary in the performance of these duties, and in standardizing practices of the Conference;​

Section 4.4.3

4.4.3 Authority for Penalties.

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Particular authority of the Commissioner with respect to penalties and sanctions is as follows:​

(a) Any member institution which violates any of the provisions of the Bylaws, rules or regulations of the Conference shall be subject to a fine imposed at the discretion of the Commissioner for each such violation. Suspension of any of the penalties authorized to be imposed may be recommended by the Commissioner to the Executive Committee.

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(b) The Commissioner shall have the duty to investigate and the authority to determine violations and to impose penalties and sanctions against member institutions, athletics staff members, coaches and student-athletes for practices and conduct which violate the spirit as well as letter of the Conference rules and regulations. Among the disciplinary measures, singly or in combination, that may be adopted by the Commissioner are:​

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(1) Suspension from contests or other athletically related activities;​

In Section 19.10.​

19.10.3 Duties and Powers of the Commissioner. ​

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The powers and duties of the Commissioner are outlined in the SEC Constitution Articles, 4.4.2 and 4.4.3.

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The Commissioner is charged with the duty of administering and enforcing the legislation of the Conference and the NCAA.

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The Commissioner is the official interpreter of NCAA and SEC rules and regulations.

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Requests for interpretations of NCAA rules and regulations should be presented to the NCAA through the Commissioner's office.​

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The Commissioner has the duty and power to investigate the validity of violations and impose penalties and sanctions against member institutions, their athletic staff members or student-athletes, for practices and conduct which violate the spirit, as well as the letter of NCAA and SEC rules and regulations. This shall include the ability to render prospective student-athletes or current student-athletes ineligible for competition due to their involvement in a violation of NCAA or SEC rules that occurs during the individual?s recruitment. The Commissioner also has the authority to suspend institutional staff members from participation in recruiting activities or participation in practice and/or competition due to their involvement in violations of NCAA or SEC rules.​

So he has the power, and even the responsibility, to make determinations about Auburn as a program and about Newton as a player. If he's heard the tapes that supposedly exist, my interpretation is that he could declare Newton ineligible based on the sections that I've highlighted above.​

There are other sections that talk about a committee hearing if Auburn would appeal for Newton's reinstatement after he was ruled ineligible (by Slive or the NCAA), but I don't believe that appeal would do anything.​

Although I could foresee some Auburn-graduate judge making a ruling on a temporary injuction or something like that if Auburn filed some legal papers. That would add to the soap opera - maybe an Alabama judge ruling on Cam next week - just before the Iron Bowl.​

But I'll only post this once. ​

Somebody give ORD smelling salts - he was sure no SEC bylaws existed.​

 

[Tlangs]

sCam = scam

I'm an idiot......

 

[y0yoyoin]

I'm an idiot......

lol

 

[zwem]

I have been away for a minute. What I miss?:)

 

[Dryden]

If they start auctioning off the buildings at Auburn, how does BP feel about putting some change together and building our own casino?

Casino? Hell, I say we buy up the whole campus and start our own University.

BP University.

"Over here is the Trey McNeil School of Law, and this facility over here is the ED Financial School of Economics"