Manziel Suspension...

[engie]

First half of the Rice game... What a joke...

[Fader21]

That means ole miss will get a slap on the wrist. Terrible by the ncaa

[ShotgunDawg]

Our compliance department sucks ASS! This is unreal.

What did Johnny do?

[Political Hack]

lol. Y'all wonder why I drafted him in the college fantasy league. That's why.

$$$$$$$!!!!!

[msstate7]

So this is NCAA suspension? Are we sure it isn't an aTm suspension?

[engie]

It's an "agreed upon" suspension and "it closes the book on the matter" per the NCAA...

Yet they gave Will Redmond 18 games...

[Rick Danko]

But ole miss will for sure get the death penalty... Un ****ing believable. I hate being a state fan sometimes, ***cough, cough, Redmond, cough***

[Political Hack]

they are a politically motivated for profit organization that knows who they can run over and who they can't.

[Dawgface]

So a 1/2 game suspension means the NCAA truly believes he took money. But he only misses half a game. What a joke.

[smootness]

EL. OH. EL.

Does he have to pay anything back?

Hahahahaha...so they admit that he did it, and the proper punishment is half a game? What did Renardo Sidney do again? Shoot somebody point blank in the face?

And how does AJ Green like this? Good grief.

The moral of the story is, don't work with the NCAA...but at the same time, make sure they can't pin anything on you, either. If you work with them and admit it, you get hosed somewhat. If you don't work with them and they can't find anything, you're free. If you don't work with them and they find something, you're completely screwed.

ETA: Ok, so they're claiming he wasn't actually paid. Then why is he being suspended at all?! And why, if he's not being paid, did he suddenly decide to be a pal and sign tons of autographs for memorabilia dealers?

LOL, the NCAA is hilarious. Were this us, they would have dragged this one for 1.5 years to make sure they looked at every possible piece of information. Since it's Johnny Football, they figure they have to decide something quick, so if they can't find anything within a couple of weeks, he's good to go. But let's give him the lightest slap on the wrist ever....for no reason?

[Political Hack]

Johnny - $10k allegations, 1 half
Will - $3k allegations, 36 halfs

[FISHDAWG]

can we appeal the Redmond suspension ?

fire Bracky !!!

[Fader21]

The NCAA said they don't believe he took any money.

[ShotgunDawg]

CHEAT!!! Everybody go CHEAT!!! This is what the NCAA is basically saying. What a joke

[msstate7]

The NCAA said they don't believe he took any money.

Then why the suspension?

[The Croom Diaries]

What did this take, TWO WEEKS to conclude the investigation? Man, Bracky is so awful. Put a cloud over us for a year and then have a top player lose 18 games. Unbelievable.

[starkvegasdawg]

CHEAT!!! Everybody go CHEAT!!! This is what the NCAA is basically saying. What a joke

But they only mean for BCS bowl contending teams. If you aren't projected as a 10+ game winner then they can't wait to break one off in you.

[BHildreth3]

That means ole miss will get a slap on the wrist. Terrible by the ncaa

I doubt that. They will find proof.

[fishwater99]

FIRE BRETT BRACKY

[Bubb Rubb]

So a 1/2 game suspension means the NCAA truly believes he took money. But he only misses half a game. What a joke.

For clarification, according to the press release, the NCAA believes that Manziel did not take money. Why the half game suspension? I don't know. But they believe no money was taken.