NCAA investigating Auburn's recruitment of Cam Newton

• karen lotz

  

  http://twitter.com/#!/PeteThamelNYT/status/305200367665153
  

  BREAKING NEWS: We have on-record confirmation the NCAA is investigating the recruitment of Cameron Newton.

• gorocks99

  

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• karen lotz

  

  http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5765214
• karen lotz

  

  Fail horn for Auburn?
• Pick6

  

  The NCAA is investigating an SEC school for football..what do you know. Has there been an SEC team NOT under investigation this season? Vanderbilt maybe? haha
• sleeper

  

  Only in the SEC...
• vball10set

  yikes....ready to accept that award, LaMichael??
  
  
• gerb131

  

  Word from the South is Cams dads church just got a lot of new renovations just saying.
• Fly4Fun

  

  I find it odd that Cam wanted to go to Mississippi State but his Dad made the decision that Cam is going to go to Auburn... that definitely doesn't bode well for Auburn. Make it seem like they guaranteed money if he could get Cam to go there.
  
  I have a feeling Newton might be innocent or relatively innocent in this, but it was his family or handlers that were pushing the money thing.
• karen lotz

  

  Fly4Fun;545356 wrote:I have a feeling Newton might be innocent or relatively innocent in this but it was his family or handlers that were pushing the money thing.

  
  
  That would be a travesty.
• sjmvsfscs08

  sleeper;545268 wrote:Only in the SEC...

  
  Maurice Clarrett, Troy Smith and Santonio Holmes beg to differ.
• stroups

  

  
• firestonefan

  

  I didn't see Tyrell on your list?
• georgemc80

  sjmvsfscs08;545410 wrote:Maurice Clarrett, Troy Smith and Santonio Holmes beg to differ.

  
  Ummmm...the total quoted is something like 180K....that is just a little more than the 500 dollar handshake or the use of a vehicle....
  
  But it is the SEC...where if youre not cheating..youre not trying.
• lhslep134

  

  georgemc80;545567 wrote:Ummmm...the total quoted is something like 180K....that is just a little more than the 500 dollar handshake or the use of a vehicle....
  
  But it is the SEC...where if youre not cheating..youre not trying.

  
  +1
  
  
  
  However, from all of the reports, it seems like it wasn't really Cam doing any of this but rather his family/handlers. If so, I actually would kinda feel bad for him, as he wasn't the one orchestrating it.
• thedynasty1998

  

  So, he was going to go to Mississippi State, after he asked them for $200k? What does that say about them?
  
  Is he getting paid? I would be surprised if he's not.
• Fly4Fun

  

  Dynasty, I think you have it a bit mixed up.
  
  I think Mississippi State is in the clear here. Cam wanted to go to Mississippi state and that's where most believed he was going to go. But then they were asked for $180k as a reduced price because this is where Cam wanted to go.
  
  So they basically were saying Cam wants to go here, we'll let him go here if you pay up for a little less than others are willing to pay.
• thedynasty1998

  

  Yea, but he was almost committed to Miss State. If, during his recruitment, he was looking for a payout, it's safe to assume that Miss St. would have only been considered if they offered some compensation.
  
  I know he ultimately didn't go there, so they likely didn't pay him. But still, one could be led to believe that they had a payment lined up if he was that close to committing.
• j_crazy

  

  I'm gonna wait for the NCAA to shake all the trees here, but so far nothing too damning has come out about Newton, just his entourage.
• gerb131

  

  j_crazy;545643 wrote:I'm gonna wait for the NCAA to shake all the trees here, but so far nothing too damning has come out about Newton, just his entourage.

  
  As a poster above said, I think its more his entourage as well.
• vball10set

  Do you think will hurt him as far as the Heisman voters are concerned, especially in the wake of the Reggie Bush fiasco? It would be human nature for the voters to have this in the back of their minds when filling out their ballots, wanting to ensure that another mistake isn't made, especially when the other one is fresh in everyone's minds.
• thedynasty1998

  

  vball10set;545676 wrote:Do you think will hurt him as far as the Heisman voters are concerned, especially in the wake of the Reggie Bush fiasco? It would be human nature for the voters to have this in the back of their minds when filling out their ballots, wanting to ensure that another mistake isn't made, especially when the other one is fresh in everyone's minds.

  
  Yea maybe if there was anyone else in the discussion. He is hands down the best player in college football this year.
• KnightRyder

  

  georgemc80;545567 wrote:Ummmm...the total quoted is something like 180K....that is just a little more than the 500 dollar handshake or the use of a vehicle....
  
  But it is the SEC...where if youre not cheating..youre not trying.

  
  but when you shake 200 hands a week it begins to add up
• 0311sdp

  He's not hands down the best player but, that's for another thread. There's too much money in college football to keep it perfectly clean, SEC may be the dirtiest but there're not alone.
• thedynasty1998

  

  0311sdp;545687 wrote:He's not hands down the best player but, that's for another thread. There's too much money in college football to keep it perfectly clean, SEC may be the dirtiest but there're not alone.

  
  Might be for another thread, but who do you consider to be close? I guess LaMichael James, but who else can you really throw in that conversation? Kellen Moore? Luck?