That is exactly the plan.
People are terribly naive to believe the cover-up story that the NCAA is ineffectual and clueless. The NCAA is highly effective and lightning fast to act or to pretend they don't notice (which is also an action).
They just made two major decisions. 1, not to correct the obvious fake injury situation (which was a decision, not a postponement (a postponement is a decision). 2, This.
The NCAA won't do anything in football without the SEC agreeing to it, and Skankey reports to little old saban, the long-established cheater-in-chief. He ignores every rule he wants, and orders (through his intermediaries) ad hoc new rules at will, aimed at his rivals. It's amazingly corrupt.