Cam Newton ‘offered’ $1 million if he can pass lie detector (UPDATE II: They’ll do interviews)
OK Cam, while you're up at the dais, somebody has a proposition for you. (Brant Sanderlin/AJC)
(Originally published April 25, 2011, at 12:01 p.m.)
(UPDATE II at 2 p.m., Tuesday, April 26: Received an email from the folk(s) at CamNewtonLieDetector.com, who claim this is a legitimate offer. They declined an interview with me but, according to the email, will be conducting two interviews this week with ESPN and Yahoo! Sports. Details below.)
Maybe you believe Cam Newton and think everybody should just leave him and Auburn alone.
Maybe you don’t believe Cam Newton and are convinced he and possibly Auburn got away with something last season.
But are you willing to put up $1 million to prove your suspicions? Well, somebody is – or at least claims to. There is now a website called CamNewtonLieDetector.com. The author of the website proposes, “An Open Challenge To Cam Newton.” Newton will be paid $1 million if he can pass the, “4 Questions College Football Fans Want Answered” (that’s a headline on the site).
Before going into more detail, it’s worth noting that I have attempted to contact the site through both the phone number and email address listed and have yet to hear back. I don’t really have an attorney so I couldn’t do that, “Have my guy call your guy thing.”
The phone number listed (302-284-6213) comes up as an unpublished number in Felton, Delaware, in a reverse white pages search. I’m not aware of an SEC fan base in Felton, Delaware, maybe there’s a secret pocket group of Alabama, Georgia or Florida fans there. (They’re everywhere!)
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UPDATE I: Somebody from the website returned an email to me. They sent the following note, but left it unsigned.
Jeff, we’ll be happy to do an interview but are in discussions with a
major national outlet for first interview. Our offer is real. We are guys
on the West Coast in our 40s who love college sports and are sickened by
the integrity issues permeating the system. We are in discussions to do a
similar concept with college basketball. Please contact the Cam camp as
the ball is in their court. We’ll be in touch after this first interview.
UPDATE II: Here’s today’s email, detailing the website’s planned interviews. The author also has a special message for Auburn fans.
Media Requests for camnewtonliedetector.com
info@camnewtonliedetector.com
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Thank you for your interest, but we will only be doing two media requests: ESPN Radio Southern California (Thursday 8:40) and Yahoo Sports “Dr Saturday.”
If we proceed with a college basketball concept, we will let you know.
To the Auburn fans sending “energized” emails, I’ll personally never forget the atmosphere of your stadium that August day several years ago and the warmth and southern hospitality of the Auburn people. I’d like to keep that memory of Auburn foremost in my mind. The vastly unequal, unjust and highly political system permeating college athletics to the benefit of some programs and the detriment of others is our concern.
So what do you think?
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Meanwhile, here’s the challenge, directly from the website:
Attention Cam, pass a professionally administered lie detector test
by answering “No” to these 4 questions..and $1,000,000 is yours.1. Prior to signing with Auburn, were you aware your father was “shopping” you to Mississippi State or any other school?
2. Did you tell Dan or Meghan Mullen that you signed with Auburn because of the money because you truly believed Auburn had paid for your commitment?
3. Did anyone on the Auburn coaching staff/athletic department instruct you how to answer questions from the NCAA by lying or avoiding the truth?
4. Did you or your family ever receive any impermissible benefits from Auburn?
The TRUTH Matters
Cam, have your attorney contact our attorney to work out the mutually agreed upon details: Email:info@camnewtonliedetector.com. Call: 302-284-6213.
Is this legit? I dunno. Probably not. Besides, Newton may be the first pick in the NFL draft, so I really don’t think he needs the $1 million, even if he thought he could pass. Wouldn’t shock me though if ol’ Cecil “Huggy Bear” Newton tried to figure out some way to make a buck off this.
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the voice in the desert says....
April 26th, 2011
11:27 am
atlnative, because we expect minorities to be less screwed up than ourselves. in all seriousness, look at the treatment of tressel and tell me its different. its not different. if you’re going to go race baiting, go somewhere else.
David
April 26th, 2011
11:31 am
Jeff Schultz is my hero haha. All the people who are roasting on him for making this blog are the ones who are obsessed with cam newton and oblivious to him being a cheater. Big props to Jeff on this one
Emmysmom
April 26th, 2011
11:43 am
He doesn’t need $1 million. It’s over. Move on, people.
dawgfacedboy
April 26th, 2011
11:47 am
Dunwoody Mom
April 25th, 2011
1:52 pm
LOL at your Jeff Schultz. You were once a respected print journalist. Instead of discussing the Braves offensive struggles, or the Hawks great playoff run, the Thrashers – will they move or won’t they – who will the Falcons take in the draft…you know important stuff.
All of those topics have been written about several times. Journalists are allowed to have a little fun too. Every article they write isn’t required to be pulitzer material.
Matt
April 26th, 2011
11:50 am
atlnative- they don’t. If you have heard any of the am talk radio as of late they are absolutely killing Tressel and are of the opinion that Tressel needs to be fired/resign from OSU.
You wanna bring race into it? Why are whites responsible for supporting non whites???
David
April 26th, 2011
11:58 am
I love how dunwoody mom tries to rag on UGA. I don’t think she understands UGA is one of the hardest schools to get in to. You don’t see people from Alabama coming to UGA because they cant get in but when kids from Georgia don’t get into UGA their 2nd choice is Auburn because it is a joke of a school. She is also oblivious to what goes on in college football. People lie and cheat all the time and thats what Cam Newton is, a liar and a cheater. The same thing will happen to Auburn what happened to USC.
O'Doyles
April 26th, 2011
12:20 pm
It’s sad that the AJC actually runs this “story” and calls it journalism. Reporters are supposed to actually report not supply a link to a website. Schultz, you might as well be sportsbybrooks because that is all this post is. Really sad.
Cowboy Mouth
April 26th, 2011
12:47 pm
@Freddie “Cam’s smile is infectious.”
He has herpes too?
Dunwoody Mom
April 26th, 2011
1:04 pm
@David, come on now. The only reason UGA is now hard to get into is because all the little children in Georgia and their parents want that free education via the Hope Scholarship. Prior to the Hope it was a different story. My husband and I have saved our money so that our children don’t have to settle for staying in-state for college.
Racine
April 26th, 2011
1:08 pm
Dunwoody Mom is the reason I read this blog, hilarious!
gt4ever
April 26th, 2011
1:23 pm
Funny,, There are so many delusional dawg fans that hate Cam…. Is it because they are all jealous of the National Champions… I think jealousy has a LOT to do with these frustrated dog fans…
and to answer the million dollar question….. NO, of course he can’t pass the test. They took the money. Period.
It Ain't Rocket Science
April 26th, 2011
1:24 pm
Buckeye,
After the NCAA finishes with your honest coach and school, a 6w 7l record is going to look a heck of a lot better than 1w 10l record you will have for 2010.
gt4ever
April 26th, 2011
1:26 pm
Dunwoody MOM is 100 percent right! UGA has NO academic honor associated… The entrance requirements are harder simply because of the masses that want to matriculate… Certainly Academics is NO reason to attend UGA…
Glen Beck
April 26th, 2011
1:32 pm
Dunwoody Mom and Palin in 2012!!!
Dunwoody Mom
April 26th, 2011
1:35 pm
Palin…LOL – please, aren’t her 15 minutes up? You ‘betcha….
gdawginkalamazoo
April 26th, 2011
1:37 pm
“Palin…LOL – please, aren’t her 15 minutes up? You ‘betcha…” Now that was funny! LMAO.
liberalefty
April 26th, 2011
1:40 pm
theres no such thing as a lie detector test…no machine can read your mind…these are really EMOTION DETECTION machines…they can measure bodily emotions
dandydawg
April 26th, 2011
1:41 pm
MATT- I am a black male and I support myself. I know a lot of others who support themselves also. So, please stop the race baiting (for you and atlnative)!
If anyone believes that Cam didn’t get paid, they must have turned blind eyes to him and Auburn. It will all come out in the “NEAR” future.
Dunwoody Mom
April 26th, 2011
1:44 pm
@dandydawg, okay, buddy, whatever……
Glen Beck
April 26th, 2011
1:45 pm
I’m referring to Bristol
BL
April 26th, 2011
1:55 pm
Makes more sense if this is pursued by an Auburn fan…Give the test taker the questions beforehand? So there is no element of surprise? Cam can answer the questions without any emotional response. Passes the test because he’s not even listening. Auburn is cleared.
Dunwoody Mom
April 26th, 2011
1:58 pm
Bristol Palin? Oh, my goodness. Did you all see her on “Dancing with the Stars”? I have laughed so much since ‘Bama blew that 24 point lead in the Iron Bowl.
gt4ever
April 26th, 2011
2:05 pm
Hell, I would take the money…..
It Ain't Rocket Science
April 26th, 2011
2:26 pm
Jeff stated that he asked his editor if he wanted this put into the blog and his editor gave him the ok. Now at 10 pages and counting, looks like the editor accomplished his mission of more hits for the AJC website. Shrewd move there Jeff and your editor.
Jay
April 26th, 2011
2:31 pm
Jeff,
In disclosure, I’m an Auburn fan and Alum……….but,
clearly this challenge should be turned “back at ya”…..If these clowns are giving their first interview to a SoCal radio station, and they came to Auburn a few years ago (as U of Southern Cal did)…..THEY ARE CLEARLY USC FANS!!!…offer 1 million to Reggie Bush instead, and use that self-righteous stuff on yourselves!!
McLagman
April 26th, 2011
2:32 pm
How could anyone possibly question the legitimacy of this? 100% legit. I also support real news media turning into bloggers.
Dunwoody Mom
April 26th, 2011
2:33 pm
Hey, Jeff, is that 8:40 a.m. or p.m. ET or PT? Details, details, you gotta given them.
Oh, and Dr. Saturday is Matt Hinton’s college football blog, albeit, not a very good one. Kinda up there with “sportsbystupid”.
the voice in the desert
April 26th, 2011
2:36 pm
Dunwoody Mom, name more than one department in which Auburn is higher ranked than UGA in academics. Auburn is a step above Ole Miss and a step below Georgia Southern.
You know, I also laughed pretty hard when Bama blew that lead though I laughed harder when they poisoned your trees.
the voice in the desert
April 26th, 2011
2:38 pm
Jay, offer one million to Reggie and to Cam. Heck, offer the lie detector test to AJ Green for all I care. If they cheated, I don’t care what team they represent.
Steve
April 26th, 2011
2:39 pm
Will this world ever get over Cam Newton, it really doesn’t loook like it.
Dunwoody Mom
April 26th, 2011
2:41 pm
Come “voice in the desert”, Auburn was recently named the “smartest college town in the S.E.C”.
Part of that ranking takes into account the media Math and Reading SAT scores.
the voice in the desert
April 26th, 2011
2:48 pm
UGA ranked 59th, Auburn ranked 96th…. Nice try.
the voice in the desert
April 26th, 2011
2:51 pm
ACTUALLY, the latest rankings have UGA 56th and Auburn 85th…. By the way, Alabama is 79th.,.. The Bammers have a better school… Sorry.
the voice in the desert
April 26th, 2011
2:53 pm
By the way, props to Clemson at #64 and of course, Tech at #35. If I had any ability in mathematics, I would be honored to attend Georgia Tech… Despite the fact that I despise their football program.
Furman Bisher fan
April 26th, 2011
3:10 pm
What was it Lewis Grizzard used to say about Dunwoody? Ooops, can’t repeat that here!
luxomni
April 26th, 2011
3:21 pm
Cam responds at http://www.bamaliedetectortest.com.
Jeff Schultz
April 26th, 2011
3:39 pm
Dunwoody Mom — I copy/pasted the email so unfortunately don’t know if it’s AM or PM.
Proud-Dawg
April 26th, 2011
3:45 pm
WDE = We Deny Everything
PDX
April 26th, 2011
3:51 pm
“we saved up our money so our children could go to a good out of stats school like Auburn”
OMG that is just too funny. That made my day. Bless her heart.
Dunwoody Mom
April 26th, 2011
3:53 pm
LOL – love Cam’s “response”. Could we add Joe Schad of ESPN to that list?
Dunwoody Mom
April 26th, 2011
3:53 pm
Lewis Grizzard – may he rest in peace – but what what a redneck he was.
Dunwoody Mom
April 26th, 2011
3:56 pm
Can’t help it…Auburn is the smartest town in the S.E.C. Gainesville was 2nd.
LOL!
April 26th, 2011
3:59 pm
smartest town in the SEC = tallest midget
DawginLex
April 26th, 2011
4:19 pm
Lewis Grizzard, another UGA icon that the Barners never will understand and will never acknowledge how great he was.
January 2nd, 1984 “The time is 7:14 am but down in Texas it’s still 10 to 9.” Gary McKee morning show.
Winter 1985 “I invited the Russian basketball team over for dinner after the game vs Tech last night. They beat Tech and they wear red, they can’t be all bad.”
Dunwoody Mom
April 26th, 2011
5:26 pm
What was Grizzard great at other than being a UGA fan? His books were not too terribly amusing and I remember once he appeared on a “Designing Women” episode – he couldn’t act either.
luxomni
April 26th, 2011
5:39 pm
Cam’s response: http://www.bamaliedetectortest.com/
It Ain't Rocket Science
April 26th, 2011
6:03 pm
Gosh, I think if I found so much wrong with the state of Georgia, I might consider a relocation. I am sure you would be much happier being part of the “FAMILY”, and close to your school of choice.
hey Dunwoody Mom
April 26th, 2011
6:04 pm
Bama has a better university… Hands down… 79th versus 85th… You paid for your children to be sent to a lesser university when UGA was not only better, but free… To say that Auburn has a better school is equivalent to saying that UGA had a better football season last year. 56th ranked versus 85th… If you can’t understand the numbers, then I’m afraid you did graduate from the Barn.
Signed Voice in the Desert AKA Make Me a Sandwich Now
hey Dunwoody Mom
April 26th, 2011
6:06 pm
I don’t think the FAMILY tree has branches
Auburn… #2 academically in the great state of Alabama
GT=35th
UGA=56th
BAMA=79th
Auburn=85TH (HAHAHAHA)
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