He said the tapes were pretty damning, which I interpret as there is much more on the tapes because those statements, alone, by Cecil are not damning, in my opinion.
If all the tapes detail is that Cecil Newton claimed UT and AU bid on Cam, that proves nothing. All that says is he's trying to work a deal - a simple sales tactic. If I were UT or AU and I got in trouble for that with no corroborating evidence, it's law suit time.
Perhaps Cecil name dropped? If he starts putting specific names to the bids, then we are getting somewhere, but that still proves little until something else is shown that can back up his statements.
If these fools are hyping up Cecil simply stating that UT and AU were in on the bidding process, that's not going to get us anywhere closer to a point where it incriminates anyone. In fact, it just brings even more attention that there was some sort of dialogue between MSU boosters and Cecil regarding money. I'd rather not draw any more attention to that than there already has. Unless there is hard evidence that clears our name (i.e. documents that we swiftly said "no" to Cecil and sent him on his way) and/or puts blame on someone else, it's best our people shut their traps (perhaps our people aren't involved at this point, but Bonds name was recently brought up, so that could be the case).
If there is something truly damning on other parties, fire away. I just have a feeling many are going to be very disappointed once this next bit of news is aired.
