# NCAA Making a Mockery of Rules

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-making-a-mockery-of-rules/565217>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [December 23, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-making-a-mockery-of-rules/565217 "2010-12-23T20:27:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-making-a-mockery-of-rules/565217/61 "2010-12-30T21:26:37Z")

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> [@notfrommensa](#):
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> Yet, they let Cam Newton slip out of their program and he goes to a rival SEC school.
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> IMO, an alleged ‘crooked’ program like Univ of Florida Gators would never let a 5 star recruit/prospect get away.
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> File this into things that make you go UMMMMMMM.

Who is alleging that Florida is a crooked program? Besides you, of course.

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**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-making-a-mockery-of-rules/565217/62 "2010-12-30T21:34:29Z")

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> [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](#):
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> These cases and the Cam Newton case bear no similarity to each other…

I didn’t reference Cam Newton at all (although the part about the student-athlete not knowing certainly came from the Cam case). I just asked 2 hypothetical questions. But I’ll break the first one down.

1.) Can an athlete give things such as rings, uniforms, etc. to his parents?  
2.) Can his parents sell this property?  
3.) [Obviously, parents can give their children money, so there is no question here.]  
4.) Does it matter if the athlete knows how the money was generated?

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-making-a-mockery-of-rules/565217/63 "2010-12-31T00:35:11Z")

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> [@ShibbOleth](#):
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> Who is alleging that Florida is a crooked program? Besides you, of course.

I guess you didn’t see the quoted passage in my post.

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**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-making-a-mockery-of-rules/565217/64 "2010-12-31T04:33:06Z")

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> [@Rucksinator](#):
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> I didn’t reference Cam Newton at all (although the part about the student-athlete not knowing certainly came from the Cam case). I just asked 2 hypothetical questions. But I’ll break the first one down.
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> 1.) Can an athlete give things such as rings, uniforms, etc. to his parents?  
> 2.) Can his parents sell this property?  
> 3.) [Obviously, parents can give their children money, so there is no question here.]  
> 4.) Does it matter if the athlete knows how the money was generated?

The NCAA in yesterday’s release stated that had Cam Newton’s father received money, Cam would not be eligible.  
Does that convert to parents selling a player’s things making that player ineligible? It would seem so to me, but I’m not a lawyer.

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