Jackie Sherrill gives his take on Manziel allegations, his advice

Key quotes from Jackie Sherrill interview:

"Mike Slive is very astute and if you go back to the Cam Newton story, you can see he is very involved in these things."

"It's not Sumlin's decision really whether to play Manziel or not. The decision is really on the president and AD."

"They will not play Johnny unless they know it's ok."

"I don't think anyone - the university, president or AD - would let Johnny on the field unless they felt he didn't do it."

"Let's say the NCAA rules Johnny ineligible and then is proven not guilty. That's a multimillion dollar lawsuit."

"Somewhere, someone leaked this story and it certainly wasn't A&M. If it wasn't A&M, it had to be someone from the NCAA."

"Sometimes you don't hear about these issues until they are already finished. And that's the way it should be."

On Kevin Murray in the 1980s: "I took a stance. Told them that if they wanted to rule him ineligible, do it. Murray was exonerated of his charges."