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The NCAA has ruled that a handful of Ohio State football players will be suspended from play to start the 2011 season due to obtaining improper benefits a couple of years ago.
The violations relate to the selling of merchandise such as awards, championship rings, autographed memorabilia, jerseys, etc.
NCAA officials stated that the players will not have to sit out this year's Sugar Bowl against Arkansas because the players were not properly educated on the rules.
In other words, they were unaware of the rules. They were ignorant of the rules.
Ignorance. The same reasoning the NCAA gave for not punishing Cam Newton in light of the pay-for-play scandal involving his father.
Granted it's not exactly the same situation, but close enough.
Perhaps the NCAA doesn't even realize the correlation it just created.
Two nearly identical explanations. Two completely opposite reactions.
Another smooth move by the National Contradiction Athletic Association.
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edaddy @ Dec 23
LOL!!!...I agree the NCAA is contradiction at its finest..but this selective suspensions and ignorance protocol has been going on for years..Funny they suspend them for next years games but dont suspend them for the bowl..oh let me guess if the NCAA suspends them for the bowl game especially the BCS Sugar Bowl that would somehow lessen the game and affect its viewing.but if we suspend them first two games against cupcakes it really wont affect anyone...Had this been the Liberty Bowl you bet not only would the school have suspended them but it would be before the NCAA did..(you know self imposed suspension )...Between this and the Cam issue it's gotten to be a joke..Everyone who knwoingly breaks a rule will cry ignorance..
# 2
jmik58 @ Dec 23
Viewership of NCAA football games has fallen off the map this year so I'm not surprised at all by the decision.
Another thing to consider... Georgia wide receiver AJ Green was suspended for selling his jersey to start the season. His suspension went into action immediately... not next season, immediately.
You betcha money is the driving factor. The NCAA finds ways to make it sound like they're being fair by considering billions of different factors, but the reality is that the deciding factor has continuously been the one that supported the needs of the NCAA at the moment.
AJ Green, the NCAA needed to show it can put it's foot down.
Cam Newton, the NCAA needed to keep the story of the year alive and clean.
Ohio State, the NCAA couldn't afford the grief that would come with lost revenues from drop of viewership for the Sugar Bowl.
Another thing to consider... Georgia wide receiver AJ Green was suspended for selling his jersey to start the season. His suspension went into action immediately... not next season, immediately.
You betcha money is the driving factor. The NCAA finds ways to make it sound like they're being fair by considering billions of different factors, but the reality is that the deciding factor has continuously been the one that supported the needs of the NCAA at the moment.
AJ Green, the NCAA needed to show it can put it's foot down.
Cam Newton, the NCAA needed to keep the story of the year alive and clean.
Ohio State, the NCAA couldn't afford the grief that would come with lost revenues from drop of viewership for the Sugar Bowl.
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