Suppose that Dan's plan was to try to get Cam to defy his father and go to Mississippi State. Now, under the NCAA rules, Cam would still be ineligible because of the solicitation. However, Cam not going along with what his father wanted would seem like good grounds for reinstatement. We go to the NCAA and SEC with what we have, and likely get Cam's eligibility restored because no money changed hands and because Cam made the decision he wanted to make all along on his own.
A question about if we continued recruiting Newton after Cecil's offer
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Although the rule may say he's ineligible because of the solicitation of payment by his father, I wouldn't be surprised to see it not enforced if it can't be proven that he was aware of it. I don't think his eligility or lack of eligibility affects Mississippi State one way or the other. We were burned by losing him to whatever ******** happened, but that's a loss that is already in the books. Why does it help us for him to declared ineligible? I can't think of a single reason, even a little one.
Not sure if that simply meant thatwe would not withdraw our scholarship offer at that point.Don't know how "active" our recruiting was after receiving the Bond info etc. If Cecil changed his mind and Cam signed with MSU then apparently the appropriate thing to do would have been to report the solicitation - the NCAA investigates and, depending on what their ruling is, possibly appeal for the same reasons Auburn will at this point i.e. no money changed hands, Cam didnt know etc.</p>
