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NCAA rules Auburn's Cam Newton is eligible to compete

Published: Wednesday, December 01, 2010, 11:43 AM

Updated: Wednesday, December 01, 2010, 11:43 AM

Charles Goldberg/Auburn Bureau, The Birmingham News, Press-Register, and The Huntsville Times

The NCAA has cleared Auburn in its recruitment of quarterback Cam Newton and has ruled him eligible to compete.

Auburn has limtied father's athletic access. Mississippi State disassociates involved individual...

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2010/12/ncaa_rules_auburns_cam_newton.html

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AUesome news! What's bama's new front now? It was," Well it doesn't count anyways..." when concerning last weekend's game.

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Here's the official release...

NCAA addresses Cam Newton's eligibility

Auburn University football student-athlete Cam Newton is immediately eligible to compete, according to a decision today by the NCAA student-athlete reinstatement staff. The NCAA concluded on Monday that a violation of amateurism rules occurred, therefore Auburn University declared the student-athlete ineligible yesterday for violations of NCAA amateurism rules.

When a school discovers an NCAA rules violation has occurred, it must declare the student-athlete ineligible and may request the student-athlete’s eligibility be reinstated. Reinstatement decisions are made by the NCAA national office staff and can include conditions such as withholding from competition and repayment of extra benefits. Newton was reinstated without any conditions.

According to facts of the case agreed upon by Auburn University and the NCAA enforcement staff, the student-athlete’s father and an owner of a scouting service worked together to actively market the student-athlete as a part of a pay-for-play scenario in return for Newton’s commitment to attend college and play football. NCAA rules (Bylaw 12.3.3) do not allow individuals or entities to represent a prospective student-athlete for compensation to a school for an athletic scholarship.

In conjunction with the case, Auburn University has limited the access Newton’s father has to the athletics program and Mississippi State has disassociated the involved individual.

“The conduct of Cam Newton’s father and the involved individual is unacceptable and has no place in the SEC or in intercollegiate athletics,” said Mike Slive, Southeastern Conference Commissioner. “The actions taken by Auburn University and Mississippi State University make it clear this behavior will not be tolerated in the SEC.”

“Our members have established rules for a fair and equal recruitment of student-athletes, as well as to promote integrity in the recruiting process,” said Kevin Lennon, NCAA vice president for academic and membership affairs. “In determining how a violation impacts a student-athlete’s eligibility, we must consider the young person’s responsibility. Based on the information available to the reinstatement staff at this time, we do not have sufficient evidence that Cam Newton or anyone from Auburn was aware of this activity, which led to his reinstatement. From a student-athlete reinstatement perspective, Auburn University met its obligation under NCAA bylaw 14.11.1. Under this threshold, the student-athlete has not participated while ineligible.”

“We are pleased that the NCAA has agreed with our position that Cam Newton has been and continues to be eligible to play football at Auburn University,” Auburn University Director of Athletics Jay Jacobs said. “We appreciate the diligence and professionalism of the NCAA and its handling of this matter. “

During the reinstatement process, NCAA staff review each case on its own merits based on the specific facts. Staff decisions are made based on a number of factors including guidelines established by the Division I NCAA Committee on Student-Athlete Reinstatement, as well as any mitigating factors presented by the university.

Reinstatement decisions are independent of the NCAA enforcement process and typically are made once the facts of the student-athlete’s involvement are determined. The reinstatement process is likely to conclude prior to the close of an investigation. It is NCAA policy not to comment on current, pending or potential investigations.

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/ncaa/resources/latest+news/2010+news+stories/december/ncaa+addresses+eligibility+of+cam+newton

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well, well, well. I don't think anybody in the Auburn family is shocked by this. I'm sure there are rivals at lsu, uga, and particularly uat that are severely disappointed.

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The NCAA concluded on Monday that a violation of amateurism rules occurred, therefore Auburn University declared the student-athlete ineligible yesterday for violations of NCAA amateurism rules

What the heck does this mean? Mosley?

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Time for all the hate spreading, rumor mongering, media members to stand up (Thayer Evans, Pete Thamel, Mark Schlabach, Chris Low, Pat Forde and Joe Schad, just to name a few). WE WILL BE WATCHING AND KEEPING SCORE.

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Titan, you missed a golden opportunity here. Subject should say, "Auburn declares Cam Newton ineligible". I was too slow cause I was coming here to do just that. I'm glad this has finally happened and now maybe we can focus on Cam the player, Heisman front-runner and Auburn man.

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Btw, lets show our appreciation to the AU compliance staff for following the rules and working hand in hand with the NCAA to resolve this issue. I'm sure they burned the midnight oil doing so.

Good to see that they were willing to suspend him once evidence was presented (which the press and other teams said they were not), but did not jump the gun...and didn't have to do to cooperating with the NCAA most likely.

So cheers to you AU compliance staff.

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I didn't hear about this:

The NCAA concluded on Monday that a

violation of amateurism rules occurred, therefore Auburn University

declared the student-athlete ineligible yesterday for violations of NCAA

amateurism rules.

Kudos to Auburn University for keeping this silent and forcing the NCAA to make a statement.

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Btw, lets show our appreciation to the AU compliance staff for following the rules and working hand in hand with the NCAA to resolve this issue. I'm sure they burned the midnight oil doing so.

Good to see that they were willing to suspend him once evidence was presented (which the press and other teams said they were not), but did not jump the gun...and didn't have to do to cooperating with the NCAA most likely.

So cheers to you AU compliance staff.

i agree we need to buy that office a round or two!!

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I didn't hear about this:

The NCAA concluded on Monday that a

violation of amateurism rules occurred, therefore Auburn University

declared the student-athlete ineligible yesterday for violations of NCAA

amateurism rules.

Kudos to Auburn University for keeping this silent and forcing the NCAA to make a statement.

No Kidding!

Did that mean Cam missed practice yesterday?

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I didn't hear about this:

The NCAA concluded on Monday that a

violation of amateurism rules occurred, therefore Auburn University

declared the student-athlete ineligible yesterday for violations of NCAA

amateurism rules.

Kudos to Auburn University for keeping this silent and forcing the NCAA to make a statement.

Imagine the S#&t-storm yesterday if that had gotten out!!!

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Time for all the hate spreading, rumor mongering, media members to stand up (thayer Evans, Pete Thamel, Mark Schlabach, Chris Low, Pat Forde and Joe Schad, just to name a few). WE WILL BE WATCHING AND KEEPING SCORE.

Just what I came to post. How many will actually step up and apologize/recant some of the garbage that has been spewed?

WDE! Let's go win the SEC!

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