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The phone number listed (302-284-6213) comes up as an unpublished number in Felton, Delaware, in a reverse white pages search.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
bigplayray
April 25th, 2011
3:59 pm
Do anybody really cares. I hope he did get paid. They make schoools millions of dollars a year. And we say well they get a free education. And that maybe so but educations don’t pay bills. Get a life !!!
Monte
April 25th, 2011
4:00 pm
WDE nope I would not, in fact jack butt my brother wen threw that and had his day in court and was cleared but still have people on his tail over it. The fact is he did not want his day in court, so it was arranged that he did not. And once again I am bi-racial my father is white and so is my wife. I believe in equal justice period! My mother and father are the most loving parents, they went threw so much because they chose to be together and my siblings and I also had our fair share of trouble because we are bi-racial living in GA. For some reason, some people refuse to treat others like human beings. We are all Human, we are not of another species but you would think that is the case. The only one, if you are a Christian that spreads hate and lies is the Devil….so ask yourself the question which one are you? God and those that call themselves Christians (Those that desire to be like Christ, which was not a race hating, murderous person at all!) love all people as we are instructed to. My father was beaten by what he thought was a group of his friends when he started dating my mother and for over 15 years had some in his own family that disowned him over his choice to love the woman he feel in love with. So trust me WDE, I am as fair as they come! I served in the U.S. Marine Corps and it was even noted in my evaluations that all of my Junior Marines respected me so much for that, my commanders loved the fact that I treated everyone with respect and was very effective as a leader. I do not see race but do understand that it is a hurdle that in 2011 we still find ourselves crossing in this country. When some hears me over the phone they think I am an educated white man ( I am educated) but when they see I have light tanned skin with straight hair, more black facial features you should see the response I get. When my clients visit my office and see pictures of my family they always ask is that your family. I reply no I just asked that white woman and those white looking kids to pose for this pic, to help increase sales….they all not a one has not laughed at it yet. And my clients range from Asian, Indian, Muslims, Christians, Jews it does not matter to me….I see people and understand we all come from one source and that is God! I am working on my first book, titled “FAMILY” post your email address and I will forward you one, oh and for free!
RJ's WIFE
April 25th, 2011
4:00 pm
GAS IS GOING UP TO $10 ANY DAY NOW YOU’RE WORRIED ABOUT CAM PASSING A LIE TEST…SMH!!!!!
AltamahaDawg
April 25th, 2011
4:02 pm
Noonan…m. miss it
Einsteindawg
April 25th, 2011
4:03 pm
Thanks guys, don’t fret for Cam or Cecil…they’ll get the big payday they invisioned. Although a Dawg fan, Cam was fun to watch in college. And, by the looks of Cecil, I think he could probably start for many colleges.
Joey
April 25th, 2011
4:03 pm
That’s true WDE, but it wouldn’t have helped the DA’s case for the star witness (the victim) have to be forced to testify.
JB
April 25th, 2011
4:04 pm
Carolina would be a FOOL to take Cam #1. Just the moral issue. Caught Cheating at Florida and the lap top thing. Traits in you not gotten rid of easy. AJ will be an all pro for sure for years. Cam will be another Russell at Oakland. Big money, little results.
Monte
April 25th, 2011
4:04 pm
Just get over it
Monte
April 25th, 2011
4:06 pm
JB I think Cam will be much better than Russell, I mean way better….and not a problem at all for NFL teams!
JB
April 25th, 2011
4:07 pm
GAS is going to six bucks and the no drill Obama and Democrats say check your air pressure and drive less. A group of about a million old hippies is driving our energy policy off a cliff.
JB
April 25th, 2011
4:08 pm
Monte, I watched them both and I thought Russell was a sure thing. Cam is a question mark.
404
April 25th, 2011
4:08 pm
JB:
In addition ot he NCAA, the IRS & FBI seem to want to know such things.
Nothing good can come from that.
Too bad…..NO ONE…..from the AJC wants to know.
Patrick Romano WAR DAMN EAGLE
April 25th, 2011
4:09 pm
Whatever you knuckle heads say about Cam, He’s the best we have & possibly will see in our lifetimes.
WAR DAMN EAGLE, 2010 National Champs
Larry
April 25th, 2011
4:09 pm
Love that buckeye is posting about UGA playing in the Liberty Bowl!!
The fact that all of your cheating players got to play in the bowl game is proof positive that the NCAA is a sham. Everyone has to follow the rules or pay the consequences…except the cheaters at OSU they can play if they promise to come back next year.
Can we please start referring to this as THE Jim Tressell Conflagration?
SSIgator…you should be worried about the 75% of the UF team that smokes pot. You should be really worried about the genius Jenkins who can’t even burn in a secluded location…you know someplace away from the police maybe? I mean that guy is dumb as a box of rocks.
tim
April 25th, 2011
4:10 pm
Newton can’t pass it and neither can most of the members of the Ga Legislature who “honered” him.
They’re all lyin idiots!
JB
April 25th, 2011
4:10 pm
But yet we know every woman Tiger slept with and all about them in a few days……. I don’t think the NCAA wants this to advance….. It’s deep
Ball-4-Ever
April 25th, 2011
4:13 pm
We all know that Auburn paid Cam to play but it won’t ever be proved. You know is his father offered his services to Miss. St. for pa that he didn’t play at Auburn withou being paid. The NCAA just dodges these situations because Cam made the NCAA and tv networks big money. That’s all the NCAA cares about.
404
April 25th, 2011
4:14 pm
Well, it just hit the AJC minutess ago:
NCAA lowers the boom on Ohio State with a 13-page indictment.
Get ready Auburn. You’re next.
Ball-4-Ever
April 25th, 2011
4:16 pm
Yeah. Jim tressell gets away with cheating becase Ohio St. is one of the big 10 great programs in NCAA. Its very sad that money dictates the NCAA and not the truth. They will all burn in hell for this.
Joey
April 25th, 2011
4:16 pm
If Auburn goes 7-6 this season, do we still have to see all that “War Damn Eagle” stuff. I did notice a drop off of “Roll Tide” last season . . .
Larry
April 25th, 2011
4:17 pm
Patrick…surely you are not comparing Cam Newton to the great Tim Tebow!? That is like claiming that Barabbas was a better man than Jesus–blasphemy!
Cam is the best college QB money could buy. That is it. He is way too cocky to be successful in the NFL. If I played on defense, I’d try to break those hands that he conspicuously kisses before every game.
404
April 25th, 2011
4:19 pm
Ball-4-Ever. You just dont get it do you?
The NCAA receives Z-E-R-O money from the BCS. ZERO.
Thats one of the PRIMARY reasons the NCAA is about
to start Kicking Azz and taking names.
With the definitive support of the US Congress, the NCAA will take
over full control of D-1 Football from the BCS VERY SOON.
gdawginkalamazoo
April 25th, 2011
4:19 pm
Tressel won’t make it to summer break.
Larry
April 25th, 2011
4:20 pm
Sweet…I can’t stand sweater vests.
DawgFan
April 25th, 2011
4:22 pm
For those who think this is racially motivated – absolutely wrong. Mark Ingram won the heisman and then the national championship with Alabama and there has been no bad press about him. He is a stand up guy who has strong character. Cam Newton on the other hand, shows no school pride (one semester?) and very questionable if any character. I think the NCAA is still investigating quietly – Reggie Bush??? I wouldn’t be surprised if Cam goes the way of Michael Vick in some regard.
Kitis
April 25th, 2011
4:23 pm
How many hours of our lives do you think we’ve collectively wasted trying to dig for the “truth” behind this matter on blogsites and other bogus sources?
Would any of you want to trade places with Cam (getting both the unparalleled athletic ability and unprecedented media scrutiny)? I don’t think so. Well, maybe after Thursday night.
Either way, this may be the most overblown story in sports in the last ten years. Barry? Tiger? Pleeease.
Joey
April 25th, 2011
4:25 pm
The Government is gonna get in the football business? Hey, maybe then some of us in the
cheap seats will get to sit in the luxury boxes. You know, “spreading the wealth around.”
Hope they do better in the football business than they’ve done in the automobile business.
Larry
April 25th, 2011
4:26 pm
…and Patrick, Cam won’t have the size advantage that he enjoyed in college. A couple of licks from NFL linebackers with his head down will earn him a couple concussion. Then he will have to stay in the pocket and actually play QB and he will get ruined.
Or one of these silly coaches might “put him on the spot” in year 3 asking about one of the plays in the playbook he should have learned in year 1 but can’t describe prompting his release.
If we are really lucky…maybe he will throw his shoulder pads in the stands in disgust!
Hopefully, Cecil invested that $200k.
Nick Fairley hurt me
April 25th, 2011
4:30 pm
Why has the AJC lowered itself to publish such nonsense? Slow news week? Auburn is national champs and Cam won the Heisman. Neither will ever have to return the trophy. Live with it and move on. Geez.
Larry
April 25th, 2011
4:32 pm
If Cam wasn’t such a P.O.S. he would have left Florida early after a stellar couple of years starting…and the Corch would still be corching–not working for ESPN.
Also…we might never have heard of the Chiz, which would be way better–that guy is a turd.
Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot?
April 25th, 2011
4:33 pm
Seriously, you folks are bringing up Herschel? That guy was recruited 32 years ago! His parents probably bought that Trans-Am on a 15 year loan. However, old man Walker’s name WAS on the note. Granted, Herschel paid it off with money from Trump in ‘83. Regardless, how many times has Herschel been arrested? What about Bo? Emmit Smith? Tebow? That’s right these 4 have better talent than Cam along with a lifetime of better character and to my knowledge have never been arrested. Little Cameron was arrested 10+ times while in Gainesville! Granted most were for moving violations and then the felony arrest. Eventhough most charges were dropped he displayed a pattern of behavior that was in total disregard for authority and rules of decency. Where there is a pattern there is a predictor of future behavior!
MS. Bully
April 25th, 2011
4:41 pm
There is no way he would pass.
Jeff Schultz
April 25th, 2011
4:45 pm
Folks, somebody from the website emailed me back a little while ago. Update is in the blog.
DawgFan
April 25th, 2011
4:45 pm
I think any negative comments have been made by Auburn fans. It is absurd that Auburn fans would even want to align themselves with Cam Newton. There is no doubt he is a talented qb at the college level but he used Auburn to the max and I think embarrassed their program. Enjoy the moment Auburn, you are no powerhouse like Alabama. 13 national championships for Bama vs. 1957 (shared title) and 2011 (questionable ethical problems). By your record alone, next championship for Auburn should be about 2065
falconfan58
April 25th, 2011
4:46 pm
Hell, I did not know there were any honest sports fans in California. They need to clean up their own mess before working on any others. With USC and Kiffin, I’m sure they are working on creating their own problems.
ACE
April 25th, 2011
4:49 pm
The reason that it will be hard for Cam in the NFL is because he ran such a basic offense in college. He stood in the shotgun, took the snap, made one read, if that option wasn’t open by 15 yards or more he tucked it and ran. Not going to work in the NFL.
ClinchCountyDawg
April 25th, 2011
4:54 pm
Buckeye
Maybe they should make Tressel take a lie detector test. If, he passed he would win a cute witttle sweater vest and a tattoo.
S GA AU FAN
April 25th, 2011
4:58 pm
Hey Jeff,
Tell us about the two Five Start QB’s we got coming to Auburn. Unlike the rest of the SEC we are focused on the FUTURE!
WAR EAGLE!
ACE
April 25th, 2011
5:07 pm
@ClinchCounty-Just think next year is the 30th anniversary of the Bullpups not having a season that mattered. Isn’t there a saying about Bullpups who live in jailhouses, or is that glasshouses?
Larry
April 25th, 2011
5:10 pm
S GA AU FAN…Selling your soul for the seed money huh?
I say if you bought one and the NCAA can’t prove it you would probably buy the next few too!
Welcome to 7-6 buddy!
PHUCKER JENKINS
April 25th, 2011
5:10 pm
I want the same deal for the President of the NCAA with only 1 question and it must be answered yes or no. Is it really fair for your business to make Billions of dollars and justify not paying these kids because you are giving them a free education?
The NCAA are bigger pimps than the NFL! If they did pay him, they aren’t the first and won’t be the last school to do so. And whatever they paid him, they got a bargin! How much do you think Auburn generated off of him????
Larry
April 25th, 2011
5:11 pm
ACE–Have you seen the Fulmer Cup Rankings We aren’t even on the leaderboard.
That would be Auburn and Florida…I believe.
DawgFan
April 25th, 2011
5:12 pm
Heh S GA AU FAN What is a Five Start QB – or do they spell differently at Auburn?
A 40 Year GA Dawg Fan
April 25th, 2011
5:12 pm
Schultz this blog has hit an all time low for me. You do not need a Private I to know that site was generated by the fan base that hates Auburn the most. As for Newton I do not give a rats ash what he knew or did not know about the deal. He can flat out play and he deserves to get paid for his talents. Not one million dollar but a few hundred million.
He should not pay attention to such antics nor should the AJC. Tell you what I will pay that party that post the challenge to STFU. Hey Cam can you lend me a few dollars to cover this bet?
thetruth
April 25th, 2011
5:13 pm
You know a story has completely run its course and out of any merit when the writers out there like this guy start reposting horse manure like this and calling it an “article”. If I were Schultz’s boss, and this is what he started putting out as his daily workload….no more job for the schultzie. Too many other good sports writers out there who can find real stories about real sports.
STHU
April 25th, 2011
5:18 pm
two words for you dawg fans:
1. Jan
2. Kemp
S GA AU FAN
April 25th, 2011
5:34 pm
LOL Dawg Fan I guess start was a typo for Star just like Heh was a typo for Hey,
Your football program so bad you had to start picking at people typos??
Joey
April 25th, 2011
5:36 pm
“The NCAA are bigger pimps than the NFL!”
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But Cecil Newton has both beat hands down!
He pimped Cam on Saturday, then preached in his church on Sunday!
He should get a book and movie deal!
Kings
April 25th, 2011
5:39 pm
Supposedly, a few 40 year old guys from the West Coast, (most likely Oregon), want Cam Newton to take a lie detector test for $1 million. Well first off, if they are honestly dumb enough to think that a possible first or second round draft pick would put his future in jeopardy for a million dollars, they have another think coming. Second, his college career is over; and unfortunately, Auburn’s probably is too, for next year at least. If I was him, I would not let a few pathetic 40 year olds who spend their salaries on collegiate athletes try to destroy my legacy.
Brian Jennings
April 25th, 2011
5:40 pm
I wish people would move on with this. There’s nothing there – the NCAA has been looking into this for almost a year and a half. The only people / institution that stand to be damaged is MS St. Get over it – Auburn University IS (and always will be) the BCS NATIONAL CHAMPION for 2010! Move along…..