The Rest of College Football

[Tony G]

This about the worst hijacking I've seen lately. Nascar's The Brickyard 400 has morphed into The Crown Royal Presents the Samuel Deeds 400 at the Brickyard Powered by BigMachineRecords.com

[Dr. Strangelove]

Bombshell? Or will it quickly be covered up?

Johnny Football received five figure fee to sign autographs.

http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/9537999/otl-ncaa-investigating-johnny-manziel-profiting-autographs

[The Oracle]

Probably 2 game suspension, be back for Bama.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Heh

If they have serious evidence, he's through

[SeattleLionsFan]

DSL, I think Texas AM is in the SEC now, so no penalties...ever.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Spoken without a trace of irony. Ballsy, Mr. Dickerson

[Jeff Buchanan]

Spoken without a trace of irony. Ballsy, Mr. Dickerson

Heh. Pot, meet Kettle.

Consider the source.

[lineygoblue]

He's in the SEC. No penalty at all.

[entropy]

Limey... My first thought too

[iam416]

If he took money for memorabilia, the NCAA has a specific suspension schedule. E.g., $300 is 1 game; $500 is 2 games; $1000 is 4 games. There's no gray area.

The question is if they conclude he profited off his success and took money to sign things (ooooh, the evil!).

[Optimus Prime]

Johnny Manziel is the real deal and Heisman King! Freshman sensation, serious talent like that deserves a little latitude.

Not like that fraud Troy Smith.

Baltimore Ravens (2007–2009)
San Francisco 49ers (2010)
Omaha Nighthawks (2011)
Pittsburgh Steelers (2012)*
* Off-season squad only

The closest he will ever come to the NFL again will be parking cars for NFL Executives as they go to lunch.

[iam416]

BTW, I expect the message from the Worldwide Leader to change from "profiting off your own success is evil" to "this is a stupid rule!"

[hack]

In which case it would be on the same intellectual journey as your school's athletic department.

[CGVT]

Boom!

[iam416]

Good lord. Just awful.