With everything that is going on with Cam Newton and Auburn, I have grown to admire the administration at the University of North Carolina more and more everyday. As soon as reports started surfacing about any improprieties that went on with Tarheel football players, they were immediately pulled from the team until their names could be cleared or some other determination could be made. That probably cost the team some wins but the administration made the right decision in taking what actions they did.
By stark contrast, the coaching staff and the administration at Auburn went straight to denial mode. There is no doubt in my mind that Cam Newton is the best college football player out there and is probably deserving of the Heisman Trophy. There seems to be no doubt in anyone's mind that his father took a ton of money for his son's services, and whether Cam Newton knew about it or not (which I really find hard to believe), his father was still a representative of his family. Auburn decided to take no action and leave him on the playing field and they have kept racking up wins and stayed near the top of the rankings. If the NCAA finds him guilty of any wrongdoing, I think they should throw the book at Auburn. They should make them vacate all of the wins and issue any other sanctions they deem necessary because the administration at Auburn chose to ignore the smoke following their star player around.
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