The Slive Smokescreen

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Others are wondering as well:

Strange but true: SEC suspends Bruce Pearl - College Basketball Nation Blog - ESPN

(The timing here is also interesting, given what's happening in SEC football this season. You could forgive the SEC if it's eager to show its disciplinary chops in the face of a brewing scandal involving the country's best football player in Cam Newton. It's feels a little like when athletics programs punish their basketball teams to save their football squads, but on a conference-wide scale. That might be too conspiratorial a read, but come on: it's not completely ridiculous.)
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Is Slive, a dirty Alabaman himself, doing all he can do to deflect and protect $cam Newton?
 
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What Slive has done is dig a hole so deep for himself he will end up buried in it. The next time the Bamers do something shady he will have to displine St Nick in the same way. Of course he will not do that and he will be done.
 
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ummmm. not taking sides here, but didn't your coach actually admit to these violations?
 
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droski said:
ummmm. not taking sides here, but didn't your coach actually admit to these violations?
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I don't think anybody is arguing that Pearl was in the wrong, but the timing is suspicious given that he admitted this long before the season started and the NCAA still has not ruled on the matter. Why did Slive act at this time given that he (1) could has done this before the season started or (2) waited on the NCAA?

It also is interesting that Slive is setting an interesting precedent. I don't know of a coach getting suspended for something like this by the league in the past. For the league to be consistent, Auburn has to get the death penalty or not have a coach for its conference games until 2020.
 
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droski said:
ummmm. not taking sides here, but didn't your coach actually admit to these violations?
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Yes. Unprecedented punishment, but he admitted his wrong doing. I think Slive is still using this to deflect attention, if even for a day, but it's completely different (as of now) to the Camburglar debacle. If proof comes out that Auburn payed Cam to play...they'll be finished.
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IPorange said:
Aw, that's cute that you think that.
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Yeah, I've imagined it actually went something like this.

NCAA Investigator: Have you had recruits to your house?
BP: No.
NCAA Investigator: Then where was this photo taken?
BP: Oh, that house...
 
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droski said:
ummmm. not taking sides here, but didn't your coach actually admit to these violations?
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don't disagree with the SEC taking action on this. Its actually appropriate. But it just points the mirrow right back at SCAM...why is Slive so hush-hush and passive there??
 
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Of course that POS Slive is going to protect the SEC's Golden Goose in football with all that BCS money on the line. It's not like they have to give it back once Cam is ruled ineligible. For those who say that Pearl has already come forward with the truth, therefore he can go ahead and be punished, hasn't Cecil Newton also already admitted to seeking money in exchange for a commitment from his son? Whether or not he was paid doesn't matter. A player shopping his services to schools in exchange for money renders them ineligible. End of story.

Meanwhile, with no big money on the line, Slive doesn't even bat an eye as he deals a devastating blow to our basketball season. Everyone is aware that Pearl is likely facing a one year suspension plus possible postseason ban and scholarship reductions. Why wouldn't he just wait for the NCAA to make their ruling rather than hammering us this year as well as the damage we'll take in the coming years from the NCAA.
 
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PennVol said:
don't disagree with the SEC taking action on this. Its actually appropriate. But it just points the mirrow right back at SCAM...why is Slive so hush-hush and passive there??
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if it turns out auburn is in teh right here (doubtful, but not impossible) the SEC would be in major trouble. Auburn might even sue. what's the upside to benching cam at this point without any evidence?
 
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droski said:
if it turns out auburn is in teh right here (doubtful, but not impossible) the SEC would be in major trouble. Auburn might even sue. what's the upside to benching cam at this point without any evidence?
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Uh, I don't know, but a meaningless conference championship game would be one that that comes to mind.
 
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It is less about the punishment and more about the timing. He should have done this before basketball season or he should have waited on the NCAA ruling. Doing this now is just begging for conspiracy theories. I'll be firmly on the side that says he needed a distraction and to look like he had his conference under control. There's only one problem. No one cares about basketball in November.
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droski said:
if it turns out auburn is in teh right here (doubtful, but not impossible) the SEC would be in major trouble. Auburn might even sue. what's the upside to benching cam at this point without any evidence?
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If Auburn is right and they go on to win the national championship and two teams make BCS bowls again then the SEC gets the money from that. If Auburn is wrong and still wins a championship and the SEC gets two in a BCS bowl before punishment then the SEC still gets the money. I see no incentive for Slive to punish them at all when he has a lot more reasons to stay quiet and let it happen at a slow pace.
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I think slive does what's best for the conference in terms of earning the most money and prestige as possible every year.

Was he commissioner when we lost to lsu in '01?
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hog88 said:
What Slive has done is dig a hole so deep for himself he will end up buried in it. The next time the Bamers do something shady he will have to displine St Nick in the same way. Of course he will not do that and he will be done.
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Alabama and Coach Saban? What does any of this have to do with the tide? You have a coach who admits to wrong doing and even admits to lying about it. You don't leave slive much option there. As far as Cam and au, until they can prove something, au has no choice but to play the qb, they would be a fool not to play him with what they have at stake, of course if it all proves to be true, they deserve whatever they get. "BP" has dirty the water.
 
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