“It was right about the time he was cleared by the NCAA, and being a USC guy and seeing how thorough they can be and how meticulous they can be with the whole Reggie Bush situation, as strict as they were in that case, I’m sure they handled it and attacked it the same way they did Reggie Bush and the same way they did Cam Newton,” Palmer told The Cincinnati Enquirer.
“As long as they cleared him, he’s not guilty. That’s the way I looked at it.”