Someone a while back had a great post outlining the SEC rule and the DUTY of Slive to investigate, and how it washarsher than the NCAA's, etc.Would love to see it again, and could not find it. We should all fax it to the SEC office.
please repost the SEC rule on solicitation
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<font><font class="PostDisplay">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.</font></font>
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.</font></font>
That's it. The previous post went further into the duties of the commisioner to investigate and/or set up a committee to do so, etc. It was really good.
The wording of that rule seems like it would only apply if extra benefits are actually received...not just requested.
It states "<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">such student- athlete shall be ineligible for competition in any intercollegiate sport within the Conference for the remainder of his/her college career. ".
Why then won't the conference uphold the rule?</span>
Why then won't the conference uphold the rule?</span>
Despite it totally ignoring the spirit of this rule, you could easily argue that a solicitation doesn't fit the definition of "agree to receive". Cecil just asked to be provided money - he didn't actually agree to receive it if anybody actually said "yes". Get it?
Stupid, I know. But, that's lawyerin'!
Stupid, I know. But, that's lawyerin'!
Cam's pop never "recieved" or "agreed to recieve" improper funds from someone at from MSU. He would have, but apparently we said no.
Of course, the real question is why is Cam at Auburn and in my opinion, the logical answer is because Cam's pop "agreed to recieve" and did in fact "recieve" improper funds from Auburn. But the SEC and NCAAsay they do nothaveenough to prove that.
I still cant believe the NCAA has ruled him eligible in the meantime while they conduct whatever investigation they are conducting, but they stand to profit mightily from doing so.
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Of course, the real question is why is Cam at Auburn and in my opinion, the logical answer is because Cam's pop "agreed to recieve" and did in fact "recieve" improper funds from Auburn. But the SEC and NCAAsay they do nothaveenough to prove that.
I still cant believe the NCAA has ruled him eligible in the meantime while they conduct whatever investigation they are conducting, but they stand to profit mightily from doing so.
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True.
It also appears to only be prospective. The rule states that the SEC can rule him ineligible for the remainder of his college career. Thus, I guess they (the SEC) would not be able to rule him ineligible retroactively forgames already played.
It also appears to only be prospective. The rule states that the SEC can rule him ineligible for the remainder of his college career. Thus, I guess they (the SEC) would not be able to rule him ineligible retroactively forgames already played.