Any immediate family member is automatically considered to be acting on the athlete's behalf. Otherwise, everybody would be soliciting money from everybody, and the easy out would be "Meh, my kid didn't know." The rule was amended in 2009 by the NCAA to make it clear the athlete himself doesn't have to have knowledge of the deal. I'm trying to find it now. Look at the Albert Means case. His coach was collecting all of the money, and supposedly, Means didn't know. That wasn't even a family member. Last I checked, we got ass raped with that.
As far as who starts for AU tomorrow, I don't see how that says anything. They've already played him to this point; what does a few more games matter?
Found it yet rws?
If the player has no knowledge of it, then the person, or in this case a family member, was not acting on behalf of the player. If it was cut and dry as you're saying, then there would be no wondering of Cam was going to play, he would've been ruled ineligible before the season started...back in Jan or July.
"Cam is eligible to play
at Auburn."
Now if he would've signed with MSU, we wouldn't have ever heard about the "pay-for-play"...but if would've still came out, then yes, MSU would've waited until they had the final verdict on Cam to play him.
Until some kind of new *Breaking News* comes out that Auburn had a deal with the Newton family, Auburn is in the clear....as they have been since the beginning. "This has nothing to do with Auburn".