Cam Newton ruled eligible

The NCAA ruled Cam Newton eligible today.

They did this after confirming that his father had shopped his services.  I am not surprised that they were able to confirm that he was doing it.  The evidence was mounting and hell, who can blame him?

This kid's talent is worth millions of dollars to the school that gets him, especially a team like Mississippi State which proved itself to be a second level bowl team which would have had a shot a big step forward.

I have a few questions about what happened here and will happen.

1. Do people really think that Auburn didn't pay this kid?  It's not like they aren't known for stretching the rules to the breaking point.  They have had several infractions over the years, including some so serious that they were without scholarships and bowl eligibility for a couple years not that long ago.

I have it from a good source that when Rudi Johnson transferred to Auburn, he showed up in a new Navigator with coolers of Corona's to pay the local boys who had befriended him at Butler County Community College.  Rudi was a nice player, but nothing like Cam Newton.  If he's worth a 50k SUV 10 years ago, Cam Newton is worth a couple hundred thousand.

2. Is the NCAA thinking that they can come back later and take wins away like what happened with Reggie Bush?  You should just declared the kid eligible after proving that violations occurred in his recruiting.  It's over for this year.  If you come back later, you are going to prove yourself to be dastardly hypocrites.  Course, that's not really new.