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The phone number listed (302-284-6213) comes up as an unpublished number in Felton, Delaware, in a reverse white pages search.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.
By Jeff Schultz
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510 comments Add your comment
Stupid
April 25th, 2011
1:36 pm
Dave in Marietta – HA! You’re delusional.
Name one major college football team that acted in total “honor” this year – no violations of any kind.
It can’t be done. They ALL cheat to some degree (some even unknowingly). So get off your high horse.
Dunwoody Mom
April 25th, 2011
1:36 pm
So, Jeff…fallen into tabloid journalism now, have you?
Pathetic and sad………
Jeff Schultz
April 25th, 2011
1:36 pm
ACE — (On Jeff George): He played for — or at least, failed with — five different teams.
Linkage: http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GeorJe00.htm?redir
Joshua
April 25th, 2011
1:36 pm
Jeff Schultz,
Disappointing.
ACE
April 25th, 2011
1:36 pm
My bad Jeff George played for 7 different teams, and played twice for the Raiders.
Cam = JaMarcus Russell Clone
April 25th, 2011
1:36 pm
Another wasted draft choice.
AltamahaDawg
April 25th, 2011
1:37 pm
Why must you people continue to dwell on the other people who continue to dwell on insignificant crap?
WarEagleRut
April 25th, 2011
1:38 pm
Most of the negative vibe on here comes from Dawg fans who cannot for the life of them comprehend or acknowledge that UGA’s program has slipped into the middle of the pack. Their remedy is to take it out on Auburn or Alabama or South Carolina and others. I have been involved in SEC football since the early 60’s and anyone with any credible awareness knows that The University of Georgia base (both alumni and fans) are the biggest winners and the poorest losers in the conference. No other institution comes close. Example: It took about 48 hours after the poor showing against UCF for the base to start beating the drums of “a new attitude” or “dream team” or whatever else makes them feel good. The “feelgood” stuff handed out by the base is always the same…………….beat their drum and dump on everybody else. Well, it writes well on blogs but will not win the SEC.
The Man
April 25th, 2011
1:38 pm
I would be very interested to know how much money is made on high school athletes from people with no ties to them? Would be interesting to know the vast amounts recruiting services, AAU tournament directors and coaches and all make. How many people would allow others to make money on their kids without collecting a cent? Hypocracy.
Jeff Schultz
April 25th, 2011
1:38 pm
GaBlue — You’ve got spunk! I like that. Also, almost everything you said is true (except I’m not going to pick on or make any judgments on Tech Tard).
ACE
April 25th, 2011
1:40 pm
@Schultz-IND,ATL,OAK,MIN,WAS,SEA, CHI and back to OAK
Jeff Schultz
April 25th, 2011
1:40 pm
Dunwoody Mom — And the tabloid aspect of doing a blog on this website would be what exactly? Is someone sleeping with Lindsay Lohan or being abducted by aliens? Help me out here.
Don
April 25th, 2011
1:40 pm
Cam is going pro this week and what happened last year is over. Let’s put it to bed and forget it. Next year will be here soon.
cecil newton
April 25th, 2011
1:40 pm
mize names bees cecil newton and youze peoples got us all wrong,me and my buddy the bishop eddie long, you sees weze jus two hard workin black preacha’s trying to spread the word of the lawd,(and make a few bucks along the way)
Dunwoody Mom
April 25th, 2011
1:41 pm
“Tabloid Journalism” is “sensationlist journalism” which is exactly what this particular blog entry is. Nothing more for you to get “hits”.
Jeff Schultz
April 25th, 2011
1:42 pm
ACE — George was briefly on roster but never played for Chicago and Seattle.
JB
April 25th, 2011
1:42 pm
The NCAA is a mess. They rule based on Status. Ohio St. Guys allowed to play in Bowl and AJ sits 4 games. Auburn may be innocent. But the “money was to good at Auburn “is the statement all need to know was true or not.
Going down
April 25th, 2011
1:44 pm
Auburn is getting the death penalty. FBI is still on the case and all the facts will eventually come forward. Auburn and Cecil did one heck of a job hiding their paper trail. It obvisouly wasn’t thier first time. Sucks for AU that the one year you win the NC, its tainted.
JB
April 25th, 2011
1:44 pm
Don…..you are wrong it’s over….Ask Southern Cal if it was over 4 years after Bush left?
Jeff Schultz
April 25th, 2011
1:44 pm
I’m aware of what tabloid journalism is. I went to school, you know. This doesn’t qualify. … As for getting hits — well, yeah, my job is to write about things that interest readers. Cam Newton/Auburn=interest=hits (your word). So guilty as charged. Just because you may vehemently disagree with something doesn’t mean something qualifies as tabloid/yellow/”sensationalist” journalism.
Dawg Gone
April 25th, 2011
1:45 pm
WarEagleRut I promise you no Dog fan could make up the script you Barners having been reading the last year. Cam and Daddy, the Shoot themselves in the Head gang..no no my friend you just can’t make this stuff up! Really you got the NC and Heisman winner in one year…and this year your a shoe in for winning the Fulmer Cup..congrats!
Dunwoody Mom
April 25th, 2011
1:45 pm
@going down…geez, you bammers will never let go of this “FBI” nonsense. The FBI has even come out and stated they have no interest or information on this.
Philnatlanta
April 25th, 2011
1:46 pm
If it’s legit and a million doesn’t mean all that much to this guy, then the offer should be if he just takes the test..Passing or failing shouldn’t matter for him to get the money
Dunwoody Mom
April 25th, 2011
1:47 pm
Posting a blog that you know is silly and irrelevant in hopes of getting hits to show your editors, well, yes that smacks of “Sensationalism”.
Jeff Schultz
April 25th, 2011
1:47 pm
Dunwoody Mom — But you are on target about the FBI thing (as far as I know). Only way government gets involved is if there’s an IRS issue. Just guessing.
JB
April 25th, 2011
1:48 pm
Jeff, So you’ll know. Since spring football practice, which kicked off the “When will Mark Richt gets fired season”, we have had two blogs on it. I predict 300 before it actually happens. So, 2 of 300 has happened. It includes all AJC staff.
tyrace
April 25th, 2011
1:48 pm
who cares the man won EVERYTHING WHO CARES GET OVER IT ALREADY HE’S OPEN UP NEW CHAPTER IN HIS LIFE . Get a life dude donate the money to charity are something loser.
Jeff Schultz
April 25th, 2011
1:49 pm
Dunwoody Mom: “Posting a blog that you know is silly and irrelevant in hopes of getting hits to show your editors, well, yes that smacks of “Sensationalism.”
Wrong again. You want to keep going at this? I’ve got all day. Silly? Maybe. But amusing. Irrelevant? Not in the least. Cam Newton is a relevant daily sports topic, especially with the NFL draft coming up in four days. Sensationalism. Wrong again. Next?
joe
April 25th, 2011
1:49 pm
Since he’s about to be the first player picked in the draft, he won’t need the $1mil…but they should make the same offer to his daddy…
Mike
April 25th, 2011
1:50 pm
Why not leave the man alone and hope he makes a success of the opportunities given to him? He certainly made a success of a small school in Texas that had never won anything and helped to carry Auburn to a national championship. Whoever is doing this garbage is probably a sore loser from a school that didn’t get a winning QB. Cam Newton doesn’t deserve this crap and neither do we….let’s stop trying to bring him down in the press.
S GA AU FAN
April 25th, 2011
1:50 pm
New topic,
***** Zeke Pike, 6′5″ 220 Lb, #3 quarterback in the nation, Junior in HS verbally committed to Auburn last week.
And he is behind ***** Kiehl Frazier who ran the Malzohn offense in HS last year!
AUsome!
I say it’s great to be an Auburn Tiger!
GTBob
April 25th, 2011
1:51 pm
There would be no reason for Cam to agree to this. He doesn’t need the money, and even if he passes it really wouldn’t change the minds of those who hate Auburn. They would probably accuse him of paying off the person giving the lie detector test. It’s kinda funny though.
joe
April 25th, 2011
1:51 pm
Hey Jeff, tell Dun Mom to put down the tennis racket and go make you a sandwich…
...and the 2011 Fulmer Cup goes to....
April 25th, 2011
1:51 pm
Florida CB arrested for 3rd time this year:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6415600
Jeff Schultz
April 25th, 2011
1:51 pm
JB — Thanks. We’ll designate you the official counter. (For what it’s worth, I’ve written several times he deserved to come back another year to see if he can fix the problems and turn things around. Some Richt supporters seemed to have missed that.)
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.
You choose to post a blog about a fake website asking Cam Newton to take a fake lie detector test.
And you’re proud? Kinda sad to me.
JB
April 25th, 2011
1:52 pm
Anything could up with Cam at any time. So. Cal got popped like 4 years after Bush had left. It something comes up, Auburn is in trouble. I know they will take Cecil’s excuse that “Cam didn’t know nuttin” route, but we’ll see.
WarEagleRut
April 25th, 2011
1:52 pm
FBI is still on the case????? Wow. Let’s get this straight. There is no FBI involvement in anything regarding Auburn University. Period. This is just another example of sensational blogging from those who have had their feelings hurt by their team not having a good year. End of story. Better focus on 2011 or you’ll be writing the same rubbish next year.
CASH FOR CAM
April 25th, 2011
1:53 pm
Put the UGA Alumni Assoc. down for another mil and let’s raise it to 2.
Fair is Fair
April 25th, 2011
1:54 pm
Here’s the answer:
It’s time for a Winner Take All, Cam vs. Herschel, PAY-PER-VIEW, the Truth-Shall-Set-You-Free MMA (Make Me Accountable) event!
Herschel will be given similar questions such as: Did your momma really get a new house when you signed with UGA? … or … Did your Momma & Daddy get $50,000 cash (that was a lot back then) when you committed to UGA?
Actually, it doesn’t need to be a winner take all, there will be enough $$$ to go around and they may want to contribute a portion or all of their take to their favorite charity (or Athletic Dept).
Ron
April 25th, 2011
1:55 pm
University of Alabama football program made around $150 Million Profit over 3 years. The Players got none of that. I played college football and got the crap beat out of my body, some of my team mates had it worse. They had bad knees, headaches, broken legs and more, and they wer not paid a penny. For anyone who thinks that a young man should put his life/health on the line so that a University and Coaches can make Millions and the player gets nothing, unless he makes it to the NFL, then you should go play instead of watching for a few years. If Cam Newton secretly was given $2 Million while at Auburn, he earned every penny of it.
ACE
April 25th, 2011
1:55 pm
@Schultz-my bad, you are correct sir! No playing time in CHI and SEA. But technically my first guess was right when I said 5. hahah Just messing with you
JB
April 25th, 2011
1:55 pm
Just the Doubt and jokes have hurt Auburn. And it’s not like they have ever cheated before………Whoops, scratch that.
ACE
April 25th, 2011
1:58 pm
Lets face it people if there’s somebody who knows how the real world is, It’s a Dunwoody housewife.
JB
April 25th, 2011
1:58 pm
Ron……….No fence and guards around the programs. Players can leave anytime they want to. It takes a lot of money to pay ” win at any cost Saban”. North of 4 mil I believe. Most of these guys play for the love of the game and a free education, not the NFL dreams.
D
April 25th, 2011
1:59 pm
He will get paid 50 million by a NFL team to keep his mouth shut… So whats a million?
freehome dawg
April 25th, 2011
2:00 pm
Cecil has responded. He demanded 2 million. Auburn has offered Cam 3 million to skip the challenge. Cecil has now demanded Auburn pay him 4 million to keep his mouth shut. The check is in the mail.
ACE
April 25th, 2011
2:00 pm
@Ron-Didn’t you get a college education in return for your “sacrifice”? I got my college money by joining the Army, do you still want to complain? Sissy
Tech Tard
April 25th, 2011
2:00 pm
I’m not denying Cam was/is an awesome athlete. He is! I would still love to see an Auburn fan on here admit that your school did some very shady things throughout his recruitment. Just once.
Cam Newton was the best player in the NCAA last year. Off the field, this guy was a mess.
JB
April 25th, 2011
2:01 pm
Lie detector test………….Birth Certificate…………….We’ll never see either one………two of a kind.