The Real Sports' Auburn Story
HBO's Real Sports has gotten former Auburn star defensive end Stanley McClover to talk, and the repercussions are about to be felt throughout the college football world. No matter if what McClover says is true or not, the NCAA, in the wake of scandal after scandal, has to finally realize that it has absolutely no control whatsoever over major college football programs.
Allegedly, McClover, and former Tigers Chaz Ramsey, Raven Gray, and Troy Reddick, were paid during their time at Auburn, then coached by Tommy Tuberville. The McClover bombshells being dropped are hitting others, too, as he detailed the slimy underbelly of the college football recruiting process.
And now the fallout will come. There's too much egg on the NCAA's face for nothing to happen.
While the alleged violations supposedly happened during Tuberville's tenure, if it comes out that there's a culture of cheating at Auburn, as McClover and others are alleging, the spotlight will eventually go back to last year's national title team and Cam Newton. The question has to be asked once again; if Cecil Newton was asking for money from Mississippi State, then why did the Newtons pick Auburn? If nothing else, fair or not, the public perception issue is a disaster, and McClover's statements will end up affecting how people think of the national champs.
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