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Russ Spence

Russ Spence

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What started with internet rumors today, has grown to a full-fledged article. Looks like YahooSports.com now has some company when it comes to breaking salacious news regarding college football. (Will ESPN’s reporting be as damming?)

ESPN College football columnists Pat Forde, Mark Schlabach and Chris Low are reporting that when it came to the recruiting of Auburn’s Heisman candidate quarterback Cam Newton, money was involved.

According to the article, former Mississippi State quarterback John Bond told ESPN that he was told in order for the Bulldogs to get Newton to sign, the going rate was $200,000, but that because Newton liked the MSU coaches they could get his signature on a letter intent for $180,000.

Cecil Newton, father of the Auburn signal caller told ESPN that he has been contacted by the NCAA and provided the requested financial information regarding his church – Holy Zion Center of Deliverance, where rumors speculate that if a major payment was made to land the quarterback’s services, the church may have been used as a “laundry facility” for the money. (This angle is not discussed in the ESPN story.)

Cam Newton told ESPN that the Newnan, GA church is one of five that his father is associated with.
The NCAA doesn’t comment on on-going investigations and the Southeastern Conference associate commissioner for compliance, Greg Sanky told ESPN that the league received information related to this story back in July, but that the SEC is not an investigative body and also will not comment on whether the league considers this an on-going issue or closed case.

ESPN has three of their best college football journalists working the case, which means to me – at the very least there’s a lot of smoke, if not yet a fire.
 
That just breaks my heart! The auburn folks will be on pin and needles for the next few weeks...hehehe. I do hope Cam will be the QB when the Tide plays them later this month. RTR
 
I agree, they should be paid. However, the rules are no pay, and they know it. That being the case, if this happened, he should be punished, as well as the program. I am very disappointed that any church would allow itself to be used to do something like this. Kind of makes you wonder where their heart is.
 
Im an Auburn fan but I agree that they know the rules and if they break them they pay the price. Rather him get busted now and be punished than 3 or 4 years down the road when hes a millionaire playin in the pro's and the boys playin at the school then get screwed. Yeah thats a nod to you Reggie !


Anyway . . . until hes proven to have done it, GO CAM !!!
 
You didnt watch Real sports, they just broke a Story on how they are all getting paid. LOL

The agents have a loop hole for advancing loans.....they leave contract with no date so they do not voilate the presigning law. they then loan them money based on what they think they will do in the draft. A promise and a handshake.....for cash.

This agent just spilled the beans after getting caught for another violation. Watch real Sports....
 
Russ Spence said:
I agree Andy, however it smells pretty rotten from where I sit, I am just thankful he is in Auburn and not living by you.
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I was talking about Heisman voters who are saying because of this he will not get there vote. Guilty or not. It would not be a problem if he lived by me. I have lived in places most people would not go to. Been arrested and locked up too many times to count. I was born a poor black child.
 
Andy Hinson said:
I was talking about Heisman voters who are saying because of this he will not get there vote. Guilty or not. It would not be a problem if he lived by me. I have lived in places most people would not go to. Been arrested and locked up too many times to count. I was born a poor black child.
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I was saying that if he lived by you he would have been bought and paid for by us (Alabama) that would be not so good right now.
 
LOL

Mississippi State booster Bill Bell told ESPN.com that he received a payment plan designed to get Cam Newton to sign with the Bulldogs from a man who said he represented the quarterback’s father.
Bell, a former Mississippi State player, said Kenny Rogers sent him a text message outlining a payment schedule that included $80,000 on the day Newton signed, $50,000 30 days later and $50,000 30 days after that. Rogers, who has worked for an agent, is also a former Mississippi State player.
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“When he asked for it, it was like ‘Bam!”’ Bell said in the report. “He told me this kid’s dad is going to want money and the next day he sent me a text message. He didn’t say anything other than ‘This is what I want and I want it in three installments.”’
Cam Newton, a leading Heisman Trophy candidate, eventually signed with Auburn. The second-ranked Tigers (11-0) have clinched a berth in the Southeastern Conference championship game.
Calls from The Associated Press to Bell, Cecil Newton and Rogers’ attorney were not immediately returned.
Bell said in the report that the phone that contains Rogers’ text message was damaged by water, but he’s attempting to retrieve the text through his cell phone provider.
Bell, who lives in Florida, said he was on three-way calls with Rogers and Cam’s father, Cecil, when discussions about the payment plan took place. He said Cecil Newton never directly asked for money and he has shared some voice messages with the NCAA.
“(Cecil Newton) didn’t come out and say, ‘I want $180,000,”’ Bell said in the report. “He inferred it and talked about it, but not directly. Kenny would talk about it in front of him, and (Cecil Newton) never corrected him or said, ‘No, that’s not what we’re doing.”’
Bell said the initial contact to him was made by Rogers. But Bell said he also had several conversations with Cecil Newton during his son’s recruitment.
“He said it was going to take more than just a relationship with (Mississippi State coach) Dan Mullen and that Cam’s relationship with Mullen wasn’t what Mullen thought it was,” Bell said. “That’s when he said, ‘Dan Mullen is going to have to put a smile on my face if he thinks he’s going to get my son.”’
Bell told ESPN.com he is publicly talking about the payment plan to make clear Mississippi State did not break NCAA rules.
Rogers’ attorney, Doug Zeit, told ESPN.com Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann has requested an interview with Rogers, but that hasn’t occurred. He also confirmed that Rogers has met with the NCAA.
 
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