The Bears signed 13-year veteran long snapper Pat Mannelly to a two-year extensionand signed versatile defensive tackle Matt Toeaina to a three-year extension. These players have performed very well all season. Mannelly has been so consistent in his time with the Bears, if they let him test the market this off-season he would have been [...]
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Even though the Cowboys have had a dissapointing season and are headed for an early vacation instead of the playoffs. Five players for the Cowboys will be playing in January in the Pro Bowl. Jason Witten, Matt McBriar, Ware, Ratliff and Gurode all are going to be participating in this years Pro Bowl.
Now I am as excited as the next fan to see my favorite teams players in the Pro Bowl but I find it a bit hard to believe that a team with 5 wins can have 5 players in the Pro Bowl let alone 5 starters. I believe there may have been more [...]
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Former Bears QB Rex Grossman had a big day yesterday against the Dallas Cowboys. Grossman started over veteran Donovan McNabb and played very well. Grossman completed 25 of 43 passes for 322 and four touchdowns. He also converted multiple two point conversions. In his first start since 2008, when he was with the Bears “Sexy [...]
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What’s Going On At Uproxx
Did you know Cam Newton was ineligible for the past day?
The NCAA concluded on Monday that a violation of amateurism rules occurred, therefore Auburn University declared the (Newton) ineligible yesterday for violations of NCAA amateurism rules.
Not to worry, because it took less than a day for Newton to be declared “immediately eligible to compete” by the NCAA. Why was Newton ineligible in the first place?
According to facts of the case agreed upon by Auburn University and the NCAA enforcement staff, the student-athlete’s father and an owner of a scouting service worked together to actively market the student-athlete as a part of a pay-for-play scenario in return for Newton’s commitment to attend college and play football. NCAA rules (Bylaw 12.3.3) do not allow individuals or entities to represent a prospective student-athlete for compensation to a school for an athletic scholarship….
…When a school discovers an NCAA rules violation has occurred, it must declare the student-athlete ineligible and may request the student-athlete’s eligibility be reinstated. Reinstatement decisions are made by the NCAA national office staff and can include conditions such as withholding from competition and repayment of extra benefits. Newton was reinstated without any conditions.
But wait: didn’t the NCAA just confirm that the rumored pay-for-play scheme was real? Yes, they did. But because the NCAA found that they did “not have sufficient evidence that Cam Newton or anyone from Auburn was aware of this activity,” Newton had “not participated while ineligible.” To be clear: parents, guardians, and other individuals acting on their own behalf can apparently come to schools with their hand out without it affecting the eligibility of the student-athlete.
So everyone got away without consequences? Hardly. “Auburn University has limited the access Newton’s father has to the athletics program,” and there was a stern finger-wagging by SEC Commissioner Mike Slive. That’ll show ‘em. Meanwhile, the eyes of every prospect’s parents just did this:
If you go by the ten teams mentioned in ESPN’s Gameday theme, you get a sense of what kind of year it’s been for the traditional powers in college football. Only three of the ten are ranked, none of them in the top five, and the record of the others is a combined 45-39 with no team better than 7-5.
Well, we flew through Fort Worth…
Well that’s good news. Here’s hoping the NCAA had enough fun screwing this kid the first time around.
OTS: With Hill going the JUCO route, we probably won’t see him for another couple of years, but late is better than never. Clearly he has the talent and I don’t think anyone would argue that we could not use another edge rusher now.