Johnny Manziel to sit half of A&M's opener against Rice for an "inadvertent" rules violation

[TexasTowelie]

HOUSTON — Johnny Football's season will start a little late.

Johnny Manziel was suspended for the first half of Texas A&M's opening game against Rice on Saturday for what the school called an "inadvertent" violation of NCAA rules by signing autographs.

The penalty appears to have brought a quick end to an investigation that could have ruined the seventh-ranked Aggies' upcoming season.

The school issued a statement Wednesday saying it declared the Heisman Trophy winner ineligible and that the NCAA agreed to reinstate Manziel after he sits out the first half against the underdog Owls.

More at http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2013-08-28/manziel-sit-half-ams-opener-against-rice .

[font color=maroon]A slap on the wrist. The NCAA could have had him sit out the second half of the Alabama or LSU game.

[House of Roberts]

1. Why didn't they just suspend him for a half of the

Texas A&M - Little Sisters of the Poor game?

[TexasTowelie]

2. Not on the schedule

and neither was the Texas School for the Blind.

[mbperrin]

3. At last! Justice for Aggieland!!!!

Whoooop! Now beat the hell outta Rice!! (and everybody else!)

[Ilsa]

4. Those teams are thrilled to play at Kyle Field.

The take-home pay from a 90,000 fan stadium is significant to smaller schools.

If the NCAA is going to penalize him for signing autographs, then they need to do the same to Clowney of SC and plenty of other top players. Their autographed crap is out there on eBay, too.

[TexasTowelie]

5. In that case, I hope that they add Southwestern to their schedule.

It should be a guaranteed win for the Aggies against a Division III team that hasn't played football in over six decades!