Re: Johnny Manziel investigated by NCAA
I mentioned this earlier in the thread but I think it's kind of gotten lost in all the discussions. Everyone gets distracted with the pay part of it, but the NCAA only has to see enough to determine that he signed X number of items that he knew was meant for resale and also whether or not he has lied previously to them. This is the second investigation over signatures. The first one occurred back in the spring and the school cleared him according to the aTm AD with the AD stating publicly that JM denied signing anything meant for resale.
The sheer number of items has to be a red flag though, even if you take into account that some small amount may be falsely authenticated. Combined with the fact that a journalist (Schad) has stated in an article he has seen video of JM actually signing stacks of memorabilia. They may not need the money trail.
But then again, the NCAA is unpredictable and has a strong history of selective enforcement (as we are all aware), so who knows?...
My feeling is that aTm will play him, and worry about potential penalties later. JMO.
Speaking of the rules, and please ignore if this has already been discussed ad nauseum, why does the focus seem to be solely on whether he got paid - media and elsewhere?
My understanding is that it is a violation of NCAA rules to sign something knowing it will be sold. There's obviously no question Manziel knew these items were headed for EBay.
