Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive said the established facts of the Cam Newton case merited the NCAA's swift reinstatement of the Auburn quarterback. Slive told The Associated Press Saturday in a phone interview hours before the second-ranked Tigers were set to play South Carolina in the SEC championship game at the Georgia Dome that the priority for the NCAA reinstatement committee "is to determine what's fair to the student-athlete." The commissioner said he supports Newton playing because there is currently "no evidence available" that the Heisman favorite knew his father was seeking money for his son to sign with Mississippi State, or that Cam Newton received anything. Slive also said Newton should play because there's no indication Auburn was involved in the pay-for-play scheme. "The long-term issue is that we do not want this conduct that his father engaged in, this reprehensible conduct," Slive said. "But we should not be in the business of sending messages on the back of a student-athlete on the facts that I just outlined. Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5882933
