His
punishment?
Suspended
one half of the Texas A&M season opener vs. Rice
That
is ONE HALF of a game, the first 2 Quarters, a mere 30 minutes of game time.
In
2010 Ohio State Quarterback Terrelle Pryor was punished for his involvement in receiving
free tattoos for signing autographs, plus selling his Sportsman Award, his Big
10 Championship ring and a good luck charm. The three items sold for $2,500 and
no price was assigned for the tattoos but for argument sake lets say $500 and
we are looking at Pryor getting $3,000 total for his signing and items sold.
His
punishment?
Suspended
5 games, which were carried over to the NFL after Pryor was selected by the
Raiders in the 2011 NFL Supplemental Draft.
Holy
crap, are we talking about the same nonsensical all-mighty NCAA that issued
both punishments? Yes we are. The NCAA is now claiming that they cannot find
any proof that Manziel was paid, even though a number of people were in the
room and stated that they saw money change hands. Plus we are talking hundreds items signed so the NCAA is saying that this kid, who has already proved
that he is a knucklehead, signed all of these items for free out of the
goodness of his heart?
If
this kid was not paid for the autographs than why is he being suspended? If he
did no wrong there should be no punishment.
I
call shenanigans on the NCAA
The
difference? Manziel is the reigning Heisman Trophy winner and brings in
millions of dollars to the NCAA and Texas A&M who want to hold on to this
golden goose for at least one more year before he bolts to the NFL where Pryor
was just another OSU Quarterback.
From
the people that brought us the BCS we now find out that the NCAA is willing to
overlook serious allegations when money can be made.
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