The issue will be whether they can prove it. If there is no paper trail, it gets dicey. You base your entire case on hearsay.
True. The NCAA has to have solid evidence. However, JFF is an active athlete and is required to fully comply with the investigation. If they ask for bank records and such, he has to show them. Also, after the Cam crap, JFF can no longer plead ignorance in what his "Dad" might have done. He can be suspended for not co-operating from what I understand.
I would assume that if an investigation takes some time, then it will be up to Ta&M to decide how comfortable they are risking their season with a guilty outcome. I am certain that NO player is more important than the institution. Look, at Perriloux, Jeffeson, Hill as examples. At some point Ta&M has to decide the integrity of their program and their name brand means more than "Johnny Football." Of course, all of this is predicated on the whether Manzeil is guilty of the charges or not. His transgressions to date have been ones of extreme immaturity and "brattiness." But this one could take the decision out of the Aggie's hands and be made by the NCAA.
He is a talented college athlete. The question is whether or not that talent can translate to the NFL. Running QBs aren't exactly the prototype, though Newton and RGIII may be turning the tide on that; however, Manziel is nowhere near the size of those two guys. He doesn't weigh more than 180 pounds, and that is simply not big enough to take a pounding in the NFL. That's Tony Romo's biggest problem, too.
True, but he also hasn't brought a Super Bowl back home to Dallas, either. I met him at DFW a few years ago, and I was shocked at how little he is--no bigger than any average guy. In contrast, I met Steve Young back in the 90's, and he was a huge guy. Troy Aikman is enormous, too. Don't even get me started on how big the defensive linemen are. Dang! Therefore, it's tough to be a smallish guy (by athletic standards) in the NFL.
