Constantly, I have been hearing reports about the allegations against Auburn QB Cameron Newton and the charges of academic cheating while he attended University of Florida and the so-called "Pay to Play" in MSU in 2009. To be honest with you and in my honest opinion, it doesn't surprise me, especially with the past and present scandals. There has been quite a few scandals in the recent years, so why should we be surprised when ESPN or Yahoo Sports announced that this player for this university took money from this guy and had excessive gifts....ITS NOT GOING TO STOP!! In my honest opinion, I feel that the universities thrive to bring these high profiled players into their schools, and for what reasons: to make their football program great and thinking they can get away with it.
In the past, I was listening to "Mike & Mike Show" on ESPN Radio stating that there has been countless stories of "certain players" riding around in vehicles WAY past their dorm room budgets, jewelry, clothing and shoes, out of the blue!! It makes me wonder about with all the allegations of how the universities take this. Deep down inside of me, I feel that they look at this as a business deal gone bad. This is how I look at it(excuse the reference!!):
Player A a rated 5 star high school football player is watched by this Large University.
Player A wants to play close to home which you can't him because that where he has been all his life.
Player A is enticed by the "offers" that Large University has to offer, baits it, and commits to LU.
Player A gets a little flashy with his gifts, the school get investigated, LU gets caught with violations, get suspension.
LU DENIES ANY INVOLVEMENT OF THE ALLEGATIONS, saying they knew SOMETHINGS, but won't fully confess.
So why shouldn't America lose sleep because of the allegations? Because IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN!! Unless this situation is governed by someone other than the NCAA, it will happen again. And we honestly can't sit this situation on the shoulder of the parent(s), because I can bet that majority of these players are from a one or two parent household that were living paycheck to paycheck (not trying to be bias or anything because I grew up inside a single parent household). So any reason of doubt that you have believing that these universities had any involvement in the allegations, maybe you should think twice and look at this from a whole different perspective, because I feel that the universities look at this as a bad business deal gone bad.
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