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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) NCAA President Mark Emmert says if the allegations against the University of Miami are true, it's yet another reason to make fundamental changes to college sports.Emmert issued a statement Wednesday after Yahoo! Sports reported a laundry list of allegations by a former Hurricanes booster. Emmert said the NCAA has spent five months investigating allegations of improper benefits going to football and basketball players at Miami.He says the accusations taint the integrity of college sports, which was one of the reasons he met with 56 presidents last week. The presidents overwhelmingly said they wanted tougher penalties for rule-breakers. One of those presidents was the University of Miami's Donna Shalala (shuh-LAY'-luh). Moved Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 13:10:22 Eastern, UTC -400Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. [Read the full article] SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) -- Top draft pick Cam Newton will start at quarterback for the Carolina Panthers in their second preseason game Friday.Coach Ron Rivera said Wednesday that Jimmy Clausen, who started last week against the New York Giants, would get snaps with the first-team offense against the Miami Dolphins."It's pretty much following the line of what we had planned throughout training camp, and that's to go back and forth and back and forth with our guys," Rivera said. "It's a good opportunity.""We'll do like we did last week where Cam came in and played with the first group in the second quarter," Rivera said. "Again, we want to make sure everybody gets a chance to play and work with the guys to keep that competition going."Rivera said he would likely announce next week which player will start in the opener Sept. 11 against Arizona. [Read the full article] ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) -- Detroit Lions defensive end Ndamukong Suh has been fined $20,000 by the NFL for a hit on Cincinnati quarterback Andy Dalton.The reigning NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year grabbed the Bengals quarterback and threw Dalton to the turf after he had gotten rid of the ball late in the first quarter of Friday's preseason game. Suh was flagged for unnecessary roughness.Suh was fined twice last year for roughing up quarterbacks, including Chicago's Jay Cutler during the regular season and Cleveland's Jake Delhomme in a preseason game.Suh's checking account can absorb the latest hit. His five-year contract is worth $40 million guaranteed and as much as $68 million.Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) -- Detroit Lions defensive end Ndamukong Suh has been fined $20,000 by the NFL for a hit on Cincinnati quarterback Andy Dalton. [Read the full article] 
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