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From what I've seen, A&M fans' confidence stems from the fact that A&M hasn't come out and made a point-blank statement that Manziel isn't playing.

I assumed, but obviously did not know, that the NCAA had little to nothing prior to today because of the fact that they had apparently been dragging their feet since June on this.

Only when it came out today that they will be making a recommendation to A&M about a punishment or lack thereof did we know they don't have much of anything. The NCAA doesn't nicely recommend things when they could just as easily come down on a player/program, especially now when they are scrambling to prove they have some semblance of power left.

Nobody actually believes they would hold off suspending him if they could because they know nobody respects them as it is. How much worse will it look if they recommend a punishment and A&M plays him anyway? If they could punish him by force, they would. They clearly cannot.

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Posted by cyde

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Posted on 8/27/13 at 4:30 pm to Roger Klarvin

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Only when it came out today that they will be making a recommendation to A&M about a punishment or lack thereof did we know they don't have much of anything. The NCAA doesn't nicely recommend things when they could just as easily come down on a player/program, especially now when they are scrambling to prove they have some semblance of power left.

Actually, my understanding from over 9000 pages of ATPB is that it is incumbent upon the program to sit or not sit a player. The investigative arm only makes recommendations based on the evidence they have and the enforcement arm doles out the hammer, be it hard or limp.

If I'm wrong, blame Blue Tuna Tiger.