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Jackie Sherrill talks NCAA hypocrisy, Johnny Manziel
Key quotes from Jackie Sherrill interview:
"[The Johnny Manziel situation] is a complex issue. The question I stated a week ago is that there are more kids than just Johnny that signed autographs. Well the next day, all of a sudden... Ohio State, Southern Cal, Louisville, South Carolina... came out that their kids did sign with the same broker but they were all clear."
"[Do I believe that?]... well I have a lot of land here in the Hill Country that I would like to sell as Ocean Front property"
"Its unfortunate, but this is how the NCAA operates. There is no transparency, no consistency. You are dealing with three camps: the NCAA, the university attorneys and the Manziel family attorneys. All three have their own agenda."
"The NCAA doesn't care about anybody. They don't care about the kids, they don't care about the universities."
"If the NCAA had proof that it did in fact happen, they would have already given that up. The NCAA is telling the university that they have to prove his innocent. He is guilty in their eyes, so A&M has to prove his innocence."
"Johnny Manziel's family attorney represents Johnny. What you have is the university between the NCAA and Johnny.... and Johnny's attorney between the NCAA and the university."
"I use a term... that in this case... they are 'lawyered out.' The NCAA has done a lot of weird and unexpected things... the NCAA does what they want to, when they want to and how they want to. So unfortunately, you are dealing with an organization that take the rules that have been passed and write the interpretation for them."
"If I had no facts that Johnny did in fact break a rule by expecting money, I would play him. I would force the NCAA's hand. What we don't know, and what happens all the time, is if the NCAA comes up with a different thing."
"The NCAA is very inconsistent. You have to stand up and draw a line in the sand and say 'this is it.' What we do know... most of the college presidents and most of the commissioners have gone public and have stated, as I have stated, that they are not very happy. It is expediting the time that the big guys pull out of the NCAA."
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