This is the time. The real Reds organization is back.
"This isn’t stats vs scouts - this is stats and scouts working together, building an organization that blends the best of both worlds. This is the blueprint for how a baseball organization should be run. And, whether the baseball men of the 20th century like it or not, this is where baseball is going."---Dave Cameron, U.S.S. Mariner
Seriously. Pause and actually look at the facts..... There is no connection between Rogers and the Newtons. There is no connection between Rogers and Auburn. Rogers actually approached someone on the periphery of MSU athletics-he's basically got little access to anything in this situation. The NCAA is not investigating Auburn's recruitment of Newton. Rogers has a history of misrepresenting his connections to players. These are the facts as of today.
Auburn, the SEC, and the NCAA new of the Rogers situation in July. If there was anything substantial to this situation, you can be guaranteed that Newton would have never seen a down in the NCAA this season.
A brain surgeon thinks twice and cuts once...and he makes sure he knows where his scalpel is pointing (i.e. the facts), before slicing.
BTW, kudos for MSU for ethically reporting Rogers as soon as he tried his BS.
"This isn’t stats vs scouts - this is stats and scouts working together, building an organization that blends the best of both worlds. This is the blueprint for how a baseball organization should be run. And, whether the baseball men of the 20th century like it or not, this is where baseball is going."---Dave Cameron, U.S.S. Mariner
No hard proof yet. But the dots are out there...will they be connected?
(I have no clue whether this is true or not)
Schools without big pocketed boosters don't compete now. Let's face it...9-10 schools every year have a realistic chance to play for a national title in football.
If some nut fan with a bunch of money wants to give a player loads of money so his dad can rebuild his church, I don't see who loses there...
"In our sundown perambulations of late, through the outer parts of Brooklyn, we have observed several parties of youngsters playing 'base', a certain game of ball. Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our close rooms, the game of ball is glorious"
-Walt Whitman
From Wikipedia:
In 2007, as a freshman, Newton earned the spot over other freshman quarterback John Brantley as the back-up for star quarterback and eventual Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow. In 2008, During his sophomore season, Newton played in the season opener against Hawaii, then agreed to take a redshirt season. Cam Newton was arrested on Friday, November 21, 2008, on felony charges of burglary, larceny and obstruction of justice after allegedly purchasing a stolen laptop from a student at the University of Florida. He was subsequently temporarily suspended by the team after the laptop was in fact found to be in his possession. Newton was eventually welcomed back to the team. However, when Tebow declared he would return for his senior season, Newton and his father agreed it would be in his best interest to transfer.[2] All charges against Newton were dropped after he completed a court-approved pretrial diversion program. [3]
Trust me, as a someone who follows the Gators, he agreed to take the Redshirt because he had fallen behind Brantley, it was common knowledge in 08.
Go Gators!
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...html?eref=sihp
This really has little to do with the current investigation of Cam Newton, but............. Cam Newton had some serious character issues before his rise at Auburn. And this story here doesn't really bode well for his character.NEW YORK (AP) -- Foxsports.com is reporting that Auburn quarterback Cameron Newton had three instances of academic cheating while attending Florida and faced potential expulsion from the university.
Newton was arrested for the theft of a laptop from a Florida student's dorm room in November 2008. The website reported late Monday night that Newton again violated the university's honor code by putting his name on another student's paper and turning it in.
Newton then turned in a second paper to the instructor, but it was later found to have been purchased off the Internet.
His father, Cecil Newton Sr., declined comment to Foxsports.com.
"I wasn't there," the elder Newton said. "I cannot confirm or deny. At a time like this, I'm taking a defensive posture."
The NCAA is reviewing the recruitment of Newton.
This is the time. The real Reds organization is back.
So Urban Meyer is now the Secret Police of the SEC?
"This isn’t stats vs scouts - this is stats and scouts working together, building an organization that blends the best of both worlds. This is the blueprint for how a baseball organization should be run. And, whether the baseball men of the 20th century like it or not, this is where baseball is going."---Dave Cameron, U.S.S. Mariner
This is the time. The real Reds organization is back.
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