re: Who wants the Money Badger to stay eligible?

people on this website never cease to amaze me.

If you think Bama walks over TAM regardless if Manziel is there then you hope he is gone because our schedule is tough enough as it is. If you think TAM has a good chance to beat Bama two in a row with Manziel then you hope he stays. With Manziel Bama has two tough games this year on their schdule. Without Manziel they have one game that they have to actually practice for and have two weeks to get ready for that as well.

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Do you really believe he needs the 5 or 10k from signing autographs?

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That's irrelevant. But I do think he WANTS the additional 5 to 10k.

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There is ZERO evidence of him having taken ANY money.

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that's not true. There's significant circumstantial evidence he did which, according to the NCAA rulebook, is all they need. We have him stating, publicly, how much he hates signing autographs. We also have him signing huge bulk quantities for brokers on multiple occasions. It strains credibility that he did that out of the goodness of his heart. That's not definitive proof he took money, but the evidence does point in that direction.

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Yet here you are, asking him to be attacked...while seeing videos of LSU players commit crimes, then argue "we dont know the situation". what a farce.

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False equivalency. What NCAA rule did Hill break by getting in a bar fight. By signing bulk autographs for a broker, Manziel broke Bylaw 12.5.2.1, and I quote:

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Bylaw 12.5.2.1 Advertisements and Promotions Subsequent to Enrollment
Subsequent to becoming a student-athlete, an individual shall not be eligible for participation in
intercollegiate athletics if the individual:

a. Accepts any remuneration for or permits the use of his or her name or picture to
advertise, recommend or promote directly the sale or use of a commercial
product or service of any kind

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Is it because he is white?

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No, it's because we can point to the NCAA rule Manziel broke. Hill broke a criminal law, and was punished by the criminal courts.


All that said, I want Manziel to play because A) I don't want to hear Aggie excuses and B) the rule is really f'n stupid. Now, I would have rather if we had all rallied to AJ Green's defense, who was a far more sympathetic person, but beggars can't be choosers. The rule is dumb, and Unamerican to boot. Manziel should totally be able to make money off of his autograph if he wants.

He should get whatever is coming to him. He should miss whatever time the OSU players did.

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There's significant circumstantial evidence he did which,

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no. There is circumstantial evidence he SIGNED autographs. There is ONE person claiming he gave him money. 1 person, who isnt going to cooperate.

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That's not definitive proof he took money, but the evidence does point in that direction.

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so there's no proof at all...that's not even circumstantial. It's pure conjecture.

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By signing bulk autographs for a broker, Manziel broke Bylaw 12.5.2.1, and I quote:

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a. Accepts any remuneration for or permits the use of his or her name or picture to advertise, recommend or promote directly the sale or use of a commercial product or service of any kind

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1) He didnt receive remuneration
2) He didnt advertise anything
3) he didnt recommend or promote the sale or use of any COMMERCIAL product or service.

4) If this is applicable, any player who signs an autograph that gets sold is guilty.

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it's because we can point to the NCAA rule Manziel broke.

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The one you THINK he broke. Or have you switched to seeing things from a "guilty" until proven innocent view?

His family is absolutely loaded. Everyone has known that from the start. But they knew what they were signing up for when he went to play in the NCAA. I get if his dad's upset, but they would do the same with any other player.

They look into so many of these cases when it pops up with different players. You may be right; they may be on a witchhunt. But the fact is, its really hard to drop a case like this when just about every day, we hear of more and more signing sessions. So I don't blame them for looking deeper into it.

I hope he helps future players, too. I think they deserve to be paid for their name, number, and likeness. But the way the (crooked) system is set up now, they have to keep looking.

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Do you think that he did all of it for free, or do you think he took money for the signing sessions?

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I think he did them for a promise of future payouts, or some other equally obscure way to move money across spatial and temporal scales.

There is no way there is even going to be a trail.

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I think he purposefully did them to frick with the NCAA...and it's about time. They finally have a player who doesnt come from a poor background and can fight them on their turf. Good for him, maybe he will help future players.

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Holy shite...so you actually DO think the kid is the NCAA equivalent of my Rosa Parks example.

Huh...

If all of the Money Badger accusations are swept under the rug, the joke is on the NCAA. I think the big problem is that Johnny Penzel knows the rule but blatantly broke them because he thinks he is better then his team, teammates, university and the NCAA. It's just the thinking of trust fund kid entitlement

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Who wants the Money Badger to stay eligible?

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personally, I hope the arrogant little shite gets suspended for the season. anyone who believes that he made a 'youthful mistake' and did not receive either earnest, second party or delayed compensation, is either naive or drinks the cult cool-aid.

while we're on the topic of suspensions, I personally hope LM suspends JH for 2-4 games for his total lack of self control. I fully realise that none of this would have happened if the other drunken douche had kept his punk mouth shut but the fact remains that JH risked his eligibility/future and stained the program's rep when he forgot about 'team' and only thought of 'me'. he needs to sit and comtemplate. JMO.

get better.