... the years, the NCAA has ruled college football with an iron fist. They have held firm to a code of ethics and adherence to theirs rules and handed down judgements that sometimes bordered on cruel and inhuman punishment.

The old guard is now gone from the NCAA, and the new guard seems to be a kinder, gentler, more compassionate group of people. In fact, they seem downright accommodating.

What else can possibly explain what took place at the end on November of 2010?

While in the middle of conducting an investigation into the pay for play scheme that involved current Auburn quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton and finding, "Bleacher Report - College Football