If what I’m hearing is true, I want a mulligan on the first half of Georgia’s 2010 season. Or at least an explanation from Georgia’s decision makers why they weren’t more aggressive dealing with the NCAA. Because this is a complete joke:
Look, either Manziel took money or he didn’t. If he did, then he should be gone, period. If he didn’t or, perhaps more accurately, the NCAA doesn’t have convincing proof that he did, then that should be the end of the matter.
So what’s gained by giving Manziel a shorter penalty than a player flagged for targeting will get? Is it some sort of mea culpa from the school, rather than the player, to send the NCAA on its way? Or just another example of Emmert winging it? I’ve got no idea, although it makes little sense that it’s coming from the NCAA. All I know is if this is how things go down, it makes everyone except Manziel look a little stupider. And I think we all know how it’ll make Manziel look.
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UPDATE: Year2 ties together what Manziel may be getting dinged over. Bottom line is that Johnny Football outsmarted the NCAA. (Not that, as Cecil Newton proved, that’s too hard to do.)
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UPDATE #2: I wonder what Mr. Jones is thinking about now.