Posted on 08/28/2013 12:59:10 PM PDT by The_Victor
Johnny Football will start the season on the bench.
Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Johnny Manziel of No. 7 Texas A&M has been suspended for the first half of Saturday's season opener against the Rice Owls, a source told ESPN's Brett McMurphy on Wednesday afternoon.
An agreement has been reached between the NCAA and Texas A&M that a source told McMurphy closes the book on Manziel's recent issues. The NCAA had been investigating whether Manziel was paid for autographs, a potential violation of amateurism rules that could threaten his eligibility.
(Excerpt) Read more at espn.go.com ...
Ohio State must be having fits.
When the NCAA takes 6 hours to interview you on violations it’s as simple as goin’ fishin’...they didn’t have jack on him. He knows it, the school knows it, the world knows it.
The NCAA was made to look the fools that they are.
Fools perhaps, but very well compensated fools.
Four letters....E-S-P-N.
And it's not like an SEC rival wouldn't put the accusation out there to get the opposition's star player suspended. There are plenty of explanations that don't involve any wrong doing by Manziel. And if the NCAA has no evidence, then it's case closed.
He sold nothing. Read the article.
ESPN doesn’t care, they show plenty of college games with suspended players, even with teams that are bowl ineligible. The NCAA cares though, their authority is being seriously challenged lately from the college level, add in a kid whose family can afford to sue them over the ridiculous rule that disallows players from making money from their own autograph. That could bust the NCAA even faster than the super conferences will.
I bet it was those pesky fools at LSU :)
Go Dawgs / Roll Tide....either is fine with me!!...hell I even like Vandy
Oh. They haven’t sold their home in Bryan. But they have listed it for sale.
To each his own.
He gets to play against Alabama on 9/14. Ags are cheering!!
Half a title is better than none.
Leni
And their primary “clients” (the football factory colleges) are starting to hate them.
ESPN runs college football, not the NCAA.
Yep,
Had Johnny Football been black like say Cam Newton not a thing would have happened to him.
Hell, Newtons dad shopped the kid to the highest bodder.
Whay can i get to have my kid come play at your college?
See Johnny had you only been born black you could already be making millions.
“A few guys trade jerseys for tattoos and their coach’s career ends and their team ends up bowl-banned”
4500 violations = 30 minutes. The Buckeyes punished for an entire season. Just remember, the Buckeyes were UNDEFEATED for the ENTIRE SEASON.
ESPN doesn’t write a bunch of retarded rules. ESPN doesn’t take trophies away or vacate wins. In fact ESPN complains a lot about how the NCAA runs college football.
Exactly, and ESPN has the money, so they make the rules....the NCAA’s power is wilting with each passing day.
And after the licking they took over the Penn State sanctions and the Miami debacle, they are gun shy.
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