It really doesn't matter if he bought his own ticket. Fuck em all.
It does to the bammers because Jay Jacobs publicly announced that he wouldn't be there. Then he was there, despite the fact that all Auburn had any control over was whether they provided him a ticket, pass, or transportation.
And, true to form, even though this fucking mommy part that writes for a "real rag" actually seriously wrote "what was Cecil Newton even doing in the State of AZ anyway?" Finebaum defended her as a good journalist, that was fair and balanced, despite the fact that that question sounds like a question an 8 year old would ask if they had some base knowledge about the whole situation.