вЂњHeвЂ™s not the lone wolf out there who has an unbelievable talent with a son. вЂњCam NewtonвЂ™s dad is not alone in this process,вЂќ said Brock Huard, an ESPN commentator and former quarterback at Washington. The university said in a letter to Rogers that he was never considered a вЂњrepresentative of the universityвЂ™s athletic interests.вЂќ The only real reverberations from the case are that Auburn has limited the access of NewtonвЂ™s father to the athletic program, and Mississippi State disassociated itself from Rogers. The SEC has said it would either support or sponsor legislation to help deter a situation like NewtonвЂ™s in the future. will likely explore the possibility of instituting a new rule that would close the loophole it opened on Wednesday. The investigation, for all intents and purposes, is over.вЂќ вЂњNo one cares once he plays in the title game,вЂќ Vaccaro said. draft, which would render moot any possible collegiate suspension. Newton is widely expected to declare for the N.F.L. ends up taking away AuburnвЂ™s victories retroactively at the end of its investigation, as it did this summer when it issued sanctions against Southern California, the impact would not be nearly as great. ruling gives Auburn a chance to win the national title on the field. I donвЂ™t think thatвЂ™s positive for intercollegiate athletics.вЂќ вЂњIf they have rules they canвЂ™t enforce, they need to change the rules. has some rules that are damn near impossible to enforce,вЂќ Carr said. I donвЂ™t think thereвЂ™s any doubt about that.вЂќД¬arr added that the N.C.A.A.вЂ™s conundrum is part of a systemic problem that revolves around its clunky rule book. вЂњBut anytime you get into issues where there are agents and these third-party people get involved, it gets more complex and more messy. вЂњIt certainly gives them a weaker position with which to pursue these kinds of issues,вЂќ said the former Michigan football coach Lloyd Carr.

With an opportunity to set an axis-shifting precedent by suspending Newton, a decision that was within its jurisdiction, the N.C.A.A. The announcement marks the N.C.A.A.вЂ™s first critical decision under its first-year president, Mark Emmert, who had pledged stronger enforcement of its rules, a theme that has come up frequently during a college football season that has seen controversies involving agents at North Carolina, South Carolina and Alabama. вЂњBased on the information available to the reinstatement staff at this time, we do not have sufficient evidence that Cam Newton or anyone from Auburn was aware of this activity, which led to his reinstatement,вЂќ said Kevin Lennon, the N.C.A.A.вЂ™s vice president for academic and membership affairs.ДЇor those who understand the underworld of college athletics recruiting В— the morass of agents, runners, middle men and mentors to players В— the N.C.A.A.вЂ™s decision was surprising. The allegations of a six-figure payment solicitation by NewtonвЂ™s father came from three former Mississippi State football players, including Rogers, who said that was the price NewtonвЂ™s father set for his son to attend Mississippi State.

acknowledged that those actions were against its rules, it found that Cam Newton and Auburn did not know about the solicitation of money. and Auburn acknowledged that Cecil Newton and a scouting service director, Kenny Rogers, вЂњworked together to actively market the student-athlete as a part of a pay-for-play scenario in return for NewtonвЂ™s commitment to attend college and play football.вЂќ

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