Another Cam Newton allegation? Sorry, I’m still not swayed
Cam Newton while at Westlake High. He was good then, too. (AJC photo by Curtis Compton)
Another Cam Newton allegation has arisen, this one involving the quarterback himself. Citing an unnamed source, Thayer Evans of FoxSports.com reports that Newton was accused of cheating while enrolled at Florida.
The same Thayer Evans, it must be noted, had already passed judgment on Newton before his latest round of reporting. Wrote Evans last week: “Listen closely, Heisman voters: Do not vote for Newton.”
I no longer vote for the Heisman Trophy. (The AJC now precludes its writers from so doing.) But if I did, I’d have no problem casting a ballot for the Westlake grad.
Because even if he did cheat at Florida — he was also arrested there on three felony counts involving a stolen laptop — he’s not at Florida anymore. (The charges were dropped after Newton completed a pretrial diversion program.) Even if former Mississippi State quarterback John Bond was approached by someone saying it would cost $180,000 to land Cam, as reported last week by ESPN.com, Newton didn’t go to Mississippi State.
He enrolled at Auburn. He plays for Auburn. Neither the school nor the NCAA has ruled him ineligible. This isn’t to say that both parties shouldn’t go back and investigate his recruitment; it’s simply to say that anyone who seriously believes a player should be forced to sit because a charge of recruiting impropriety surfaces that doesn’t involve either the player directly or his chosen school is, shall we say, naive.
(Think of it this way: Auburn plays Alabama the day after Thanksgiving. Auburn and Alabama are — stop the presses — serious rivals. What would prevent an Alabama fan from saying to some news outlet: “Know what? I offered Newton 10 zillion dollars to play for the Tide — somebody suspend that guy now!”)
Yes, naivete cuts both ways. We can be skeptical of Newton. Heck, we can be skeptical of college football writ large. (Ask Clemson fans if they ever wondered about the recruitment of the 1982 Heisman winner, a tailback from Wrightsville, Ga.) But Newton getting arrested at Florida and being accused of cheating there in no way proves there’s anything untoward about his presence at Auburn.
If something implicating Auburn does come to light, that’s a different matter. But we cannot make the Reggie Bush leap — Bush had to return his Heisman, so no future Heisman should go to someone who might have to hand it back — because, at last check, Cam Newton is not Reggie Bush. I mean, come on.
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Auburn Fan
November 9th, 2010
2:22 pm
and if this guy was a third string lineman? would anyone care?
Auburn Fan
November 9th, 2010
2:23 pm
Ron I agree. This will be a great game of high scoring teams. I can’t wait.
Heath
November 9th, 2010
2:31 pm
What he did or didn’t do isn’t the issue so much as the AJC is the issue. If this kid played for UGA, they’d convict Mark Richt in the press just over the allegation. They’d cry and moan that Cam should be suspended until the “truth” came out.
Cardinal Sin
November 9th, 2010
2:34 pm
Hey SECFan,
U R A MORON!
No one wants a Thug or a Cheat on their team or is it all about winning? Hum,,,,,
michael
November 9th, 2010
2:36 pm
fool me once same on YOU. fool me twice….shame on ME. prove it with newton. i am so sick of witch hunts. i just retired from the fed’s and talk about drama. it’s like when i worked in wal-mart as a kid and the lady employees would stab one another in the back AFTER they were polite. are we wearing dresses or pants in this country????
Eddie
November 9th, 2010
2:39 pm
Mark, funny your Clemson teaser didn’t arouse more comments. Too long ago I guess. That being said, I witnessed first-hand the cash-raising exercise which took place in a Buckhead brokerage house that reached into the multiple six-figure levels. Mind you, I witnessed the raising of the cash for HW, not the delivery and/or acceptance of it. And done with little discretion or care for secrecy.
Ken
November 9th, 2010
2:43 pm
Thanks Mark for up front reporting… WDE
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There are no questions about Cam Newton on the field. (Press-Register photo)
The Cam Newton story has holes. Big ones. The kind of holes Ryan Pugh and friends open every Saturday for Newton himself.
The biggest hole in the Newton story comes from one of the characters in the middle of it.
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Share 44 Comments Former Mississippi State signal-caller and recent whistle-blower John Bond has said a lot of things in the past week, and not all of his statements have been consistent.
Bond has said that former teammate Kenny Rogers told him directly it would take “cash for Cam” to sign with State. But Bond also has said that Rogers asked for money first from another former teammate, who reported the solicitation to Bond.
Either way, Bond considered the allegation serious enough that he reported it to then-Mississippi State AD Greg Byrne.
Byrne considered the allegation serious enough that he passed it along to the Southeastern Conference office last December, though the SEC office has said it didn’t receive “specific information” until July.
Given that backdrop, there’s a curious statement within the statement Bond made through his attorney, who released it after ESPN.com broke the story.
Bond’s written statement said that, after reporting the alleged offer “to the Mississippi State athletic department, I was told by the athletic department that Mississippi State would not respond to the overture that was made to me, and that Mississippi State would continue to recruit Cameron Newton as it does any other football recruit.”
If State believed the allegation serious enough to alert the SEC, why continue to recruit Newton? If there were a possibility that the quarterback was being pimped by a third party, why risk signing a player who later could be declared ineligible?
Maybe it’s because State didn’t trust Rogers but did trust Newton and his family not to have done something wrong.
It’s another unanswered question.
If the Newton story has holes, the Newton logic has flaws. Serious flaws. The kind of flaws journalists like to expose in the public statements of players and coaches alike.
The biggest flaw in the Newton logic goes something like this: Don’t vote for him for Heisman because someone leveled an accusation.
Not at him. Near him.
No one has alleged that Cam Newton did anything wrong. No one has alleged that his father, Cecil, did anything wrong, although there’s been plenty of innuendo aimed in his direction.
No one has alleged that Auburn, the school that signed Newton, did anything wrong, either.
And yet, based on one specific allegation against one person who allegedly said he represented “the Newton camp,” some Heisman voters have not only jumped off the Newton bandwagon. They’ve shot out the tires.
This was the headline on a blog post from Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel: “Cam Newton doesn’t deserve Heisman Trophy.”
Bianchi’s logic: “Newton has failed the integrity test.”
I trust Bianchi puts every candidate to that test. Does he pay for background checks on all the leading candidates, or does his employer foot that bill?
Oh, and did he disqualify Mark Ingram last year because the NCAA found him guilty of receiving extra benefits before the 2009 season began?
No, and he shouldn’t have. Bianchi voted Ingram No. 1.
This was the headline on a blog post from Thayer Evans, the senior college football writer for FoxSports.com: “Don’t vote Newton for Heisman.”
Evans’ logic: Newton’s story “has always seemed too good to be true” and “there’s precedent of wrongdoing at Auburn.”
So don’t vote for Newton because of Eric Ramsey? Are you kidding me?
There’s precedent of wrongdoing at ESPN, too. Should we dismiss its story on Newton as a result?
As journalists, we’re supposed to search for facts and, when we’re given the privilege, offer opinions based on them.
Fact is, Newton is the best player in college football. It’s the other players in this story who still have something to prove.
SECFan
November 9th, 2010
2:52 pm
Didn’t Thayer Evans who broke the story for FOX sports used to work for the New York Times and I believe Urban Meyers and he and Pete Thamel were all friends. Thamel and Evans have had a direct line to Urban for years and inside news on the program and practices and would often be Urban Meyer’s news leak when he wanted stuff to get out about an opponent or whatever. This goes back to there days at the NYT and there are many examples of Urban using these two to get info out.
Urban, get over it! Tebow is gone and Newton has reemerged as the best player in CFB no thanks to you. Urban really comes of as the real sleazeball in all of this by leaking everything to the media. Everyone who has followed Urban over the years knows of his links to Thamel and Evans at the NYT and they leaked the story. Not ot mention it is against the law to release academic records of any student to the media. Now Urban lies about it? Could this be the beginning of the end for Urban by breaking the law? Urban could have just let the kid go and wish him luck but now it looks as if he may have left a trail that will prove he leaked information about academic records illegally to the media!
takedowndawg
November 9th, 2010
2:53 pm
Mark, what a bias phony you are Mark. Again, Newton better be glad he doesn’t play for Georgia. You and Jeff would have him tarred and feathered by now and would be camped out around his dorm waiting, with baited breathe, hoping that they could “catch” you doing something that could be viewed in a negative light. You know giving “an appearance of “evil” that they could exploit! Be glad you are not at Georgia, Cam Newton Be Glad!!!!
Jake Sneed
November 9th, 2010
2:53 pm
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November 9th, 2010
2:53 pm
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November 9th, 2010
3:19 pm
On a separate blog this morning, I mistakenly said that Washaun Ealey stole a motorcycle helmet, and I was called on it by another blogger. Ealey was charged with hit and run, and not having a driver’s license. I was correct in that Ealey is on University probation for the hit and run charge, refusing to evacuate a bulding during a fire drill, and plagirism. He sat out the first game of the season against LA Lafayette. Mea Culpa!
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Ken Stallings
November 9th, 2010
4:00 pm
I think this whole sordid mess is disgusting and I think Fox Sports has sunk to a terrible low! These allegations are unsubstantiated and made by off-the-record sources. I believe that a reporter has a duty to obtain at least one on-record source before releasing a news article or column that makes such negative statements against an individual player.
Further, the laptop issue is a matter of public record. The charges were dropped for many reasons, but a prime one is that the charge against him was purchasing stolen property. This is a charge that rarely goes to trial because the heart of the charge has to include evidence that the person charge knew ahead or time, or had reasonable basis, to know the article being sold was stolen.
The main point being that this young man was never charged with theft, which it seems some people have concluded was the case. But like I wrote, this is the only verified issue covered in the Fox Sports story. Everything else is heresay from off-the-record sources.
The young man is playing college football. That’s a pathetic reason to sully someone!
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matt
November 9th, 2010
4:32 pm
UGA stats 2008-2010
…includes weapons charges, dui, battery (simple, sexual, domestic), etc…
2008
Justin Anderson, OL — Simple battery
Donavon Baldwin, CB — DUI, improper driving
Clint Boling, OL — Suspicion of DUI
Jeff Henson, LS — Public intoxication, urinating in public
Michael Lemon, DE — Aggravated battery
Jeremy Lomax, DE — Speeding, possession of a concealed weapon
Fred Munzenmaier, FB — Underage possession of alcohol, being a pedestrian walking in the roadway
Trinton Sturdivant, OL — Simple battery
Vince Vance, OL — Driving without a valid driver’s license
Brandon Wood, DT — DUI
2009
Vance Cuff, CB — Driving a motor scooter on a sidewalk with a suspended license
Jonathan Owens, OL — Driving a motorcycle without a valid license
Montez Robinson, DE — Simple battery, criminal damage/second degree
Montez Robinson, DE — Underage possession of alcohol
Vince Vance, OL — Driving without a valid license
2010
Trent Dittmer, P — Public intoxication
Washaun Ealey, RB — Hit and run of a parked vehicle, driving with a suspended license
Dontavius Jackson, RB — DUI, underage possession of alcohol, following too closely, leaving the scene of an accident, violation of the move-over law, violation of a learner’s permit
Tavarres King, WR — Underage possession of alcohol
Jordan Love, CB — Obstruction of a law enforcement officer
Zach Mettenberger, QB — Sexual battery
Josh Parrish, OL — Underage possession of alcohol, possession of false identification
Montez Robinson, LB — Simple battery/family violence
Demetre Baker, LB — DUI, underage possession of alcohol and improper driving
Alec Ogletree, S — Theft by taking (misdemeanor)
AUsome
November 9th, 2010
4:49 pm
After reading some of these posts, I’m a little confused.
Are these football fans or a lynch mob?
By all means string the kid up.
Don’t wait for the facts or let your judgement be clouded by them.
Decide what you want to believe and spew it out like it was gospel.
Is anybody but me sick of reading that this guy stole a laptop?
He bought a laptop stolen by someone else. Bad judgement,…. sure.
Capital offense?…..Hardly.
He’s faced up to it and it’s history.
Get over it.
As for the rest time will tell.
At this point, his biggest crime is being too good at football.
If you’re good at something the jealous of the world will attack like a pack of wolves until they bring you down.
Pitiful.
Jim S
November 9th, 2010
5:03 pm
Good article Mark and badly needed.All this has done is prove to me the lack of ethics and professional conduct in some segments of the media, particularly with Thayer Evans with ESPN. His cruelty and vindetta attitude has been obvious for some reason and so has it been with others as well. It seems that journalism now deals with accusations and rumor rather than in fact and that’s so unfortunate for a kid like Cam Newton, who probably hasn’t done anything wrong since leaving Forida. BTW, Florida officials came out today and denied that there was any record of any academic fraud or wrongdoing on Cam’s part at Florida, but I suppose Evans will not retract his comments despite the fact that he’s obviously wrong. There should be some avenue of retribution to these irresponsible character assassinators.
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From Where I Sit
November 9th, 2010
5:05 pm
What is funny to me is none of you know anything but you act like you do. Throwing stones at other programs and their coaches. The bottom line is college football is all about winning and it has nothing to do with a student getting an education. As far as the RACIST comments about Tebow, is that TEBOW graduated, and has CLASS unlike you Jake Sneed, you MORON! Tebow will and will always be the best ever to play the game. He never cheated or got into trouble with the law, and BTW, he played with heart and, made his grades on his own. BTW, he GRADUATATED, unlike Newton will and a lot of other Thugs that play college football.
Enough Said!!!!
gt4ever
November 9th, 2010
5:30 pm
Jake Sneed, Could you be that big of an idiot! You must be a UGA fan…..
Cam Fan
November 9th, 2010
5:47 pm
Joe, your an idiot. How do know he’s a thug, do you personally know cam or just place judgement. The kid has a tremendous amount of character. Your just to ignerant to know that.
spike
November 9th, 2010
5:58 pm
Hey, lookee here – “UF Academic Sources: Nothing reported to us”
Two independent sources with detailed knowledge of the UF academic discipline system during the period in question have disputed the Evans story. According to the sources, no allegations of academic impropriety regarding Cam Newton were sent to the Florida Student Conduct Committee at any time either during or after Newton’s time at UF.
“Nothing was reported, officially or unofficially” says one source, who did not wish to be identified. “The formal process is for allegations to go through the Student Conduct Committee. If [any allegations against Newton] didn’t follow that process, then they didn’t follow the rules.”
http://auburn.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1150363
Time to start donating to the Thayer Evans Legal Defense fund, suckers.
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Big Man
November 9th, 2010
6:14 pm
Eric Berry was never coming to UGA.
Greg Reid was not too high on UGA either.
March Richt woulda moved Cam to Defensive end or TE and wasted his talent.
Delbert D.
November 9th, 2010
6:17 pm
SEC Fan – Pete Thamel of the New York Times wrote an article the same day the ESPN story broke. Thamel reported it straight: the fact that allegations had been made. He did not accuse Newton of anything. I don’t know anything about Thayer Evans, who you mentioned, but Thamel doesn’t practice yellow journalism, at least not in the year that I’ve been following his nytimesdotcom college sports articles.
spike
November 9th, 2010
7:03 pm
“Thamel doesn’t practice yellow journalism”
Thamel has been Meyers mouthpiece on at least two other occasions. There’s nothing particularly wrong with that, other than general creepiness about journalistic integrity, but just own it. Notice Meyers denial today was specifically about the cheating stuff. He has not, and will not deny being the leak for the Times. Similarly, Thamel on the radio yesterday refused to deny that Meyer was his source. Giving Thamel the benefit of the doubt, it looks like he moved a bit too soon, and spun the story as being about Newton rather than about Rogers. The last paragraph implying newton’s church is somehow the bagman in all this is particularly classy, given there is nothing to support this.
Bill Toomer
November 9th, 2010
7:26 pm
Why has there been no interview with Kenny Rodgers?
spike
November 9th, 2010
7:30 pm
You didn’t look very hard –
http://blogs.clarionledger.com/msu/2010/11/05/rogers-denies-wrongdoing-in-recruiting-allegations-says-he-met-mullen-once/
Bill Toomer
November 9th, 2010
7:49 pm
Rogers says he hasn’t spoken to Bond in 20 years. So, either Rogers is lying or John Bond is lying. Someone needs to figure out which one is lying.
spike
November 9th, 2010
8:02 pm
Somebody? How about the FBI?
Cam Newton Drama Ignites FBI Investigation
http://www.tmz.com/2010/11/09/cam-newton-john-bond-fbi-investigation-college-football-recruiting-auburn-university-mississippi/
Bonds better have his story straight soon.
Delbert D.
November 9th, 2010
9:04 pm
Bill Toomer – “Rogers says he hasn’t spoken to Bond in 20 years. So, either Rogers is lying or John Bond is lying. Someone needs to figure out which one is lying.”
Bond said on the Belue and Kincade show that he hasn’t spoken to Rogers in 28 years.
Confused
November 9th, 2010
9:26 pm
@Matt – Cam Newton had 13, yes 13, charges in 1.5 years according to records of the county in which Gainesville, FL, is located. Yet, you harp on the petty charges issued to UGA players. Grow up.
Delbert D.
November 9th, 2010
9:46 pm
Yellow journalism, I don’t know, but it is getting to a point.
Pete Thamel with Ray Glier in a New York Times article today, headlined “Newton Faced Suspension at Florida” said “The redemptive narrative of Auburn quarterback Cam Newton, the front-runner for the Heisman Trophy, has taken another turn.” That was the lead statement.
The rest of the article relates to “a person briefed on Newton’s situation” with regard to the FoxSportsdotcom story on academic cheating, and Cam Newton not responding to the Florida situation, Ceecil Newton saying that he is under a gag order.
The article quotes Urban Meyer: “Urban Meyer said: “Our entire focus right now is on preparing for our biggest game of the year against South Carolina. For anyone to think that I or anyone on our staff may have leaked information about private student records to the media doesn’t know us very well. It’s a ridiculous claim and simply not true.”
And a summation of who has said what to who of the story. Nothing else really new or earth-shattering.
Delbert D.
November 9th, 2010
9:55 pm
Confused – The citizens of Auburn and students of AU are safer now that Newton rides a scooter.
Delbert D.
November 9th, 2010
10:05 pm
“Bond’s attorney confirms to TMZ Sports that the FBI has requested a sit-down meeting with his client — and tells us the agent who contacted him said, “We are interested in whether young men are being shopped to colleges.”
Why the FBI? I guess it once could have been be a federal crime under the Mann Act if athletes were transported across state lines for immoral purposes, but that act has been amended by Congress to apply to specific acts that can’t be mentioned here.
I expect Bond’s lawyer will carefully control any answers to the FBI’s questions.
For what its worth
November 9th, 2010
10:05 pm
There saying Dan Mullen leaked the information now,
floribama
November 9th, 2010
10:43 pm
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/14267701/consider-the-source-on-newton-story
floribama
November 9th, 2010
10:50 pm
@confused I had many violations at college. They were all parking violations. Nevertheless, you could say I was a big time crimal by the way you are judging. Do you know if his were parking violations or worse. They love those at colleges. Make millions a year in parking violations. So unless you can prove hes a superdooper criminal you need to stop hatin.
Frix
November 9th, 2010
10:56 pm
I forgot which clown mentioned UGA and standards in the same response. But, there were actually a few of you…
So, who better to comment on UGA standards and leadership other than Damon Evans.
I am sure Damon and Courtney could set the record staright on topics like standards, class, leadership, responsibility, image, etc.
I guess that’s all in the day of being a Dawg And I guess nights too…
That is a true Dawg right thar!
aarh
November 9th, 2010
10:57 pm
Simple Dawg- UGA did recruit Cam. They had Stafford at the time, & it’s obvioius Cam prefers teh pread. He played at both FL & AU…who both run that type of offense.
Phil- I wished UGA could do a better job of getting in state players, but you can’t get them all. There are so many good players in state. UGA only has so many scholarships to offer…hardly enough for all the top talent. Sometimes players will go to another school bc they may get a situation where they can play earlier at that school, of maybe it has to do w/ academics, or even the location of that school. You can’t always blame teh coaches for that all the time.
Delbert D.
November 9th, 2010
11:28 pm
floribama – Quoting from that link: “Bond isn’t a source — he’s a gossip. He doesn’t have information. He has a rumor. He’s the fourth person in a game of telephone tag that started with Rogers — allegedly — and went through two other people before landing in the lap of Mississippi State devotee John Bond.”
Like I said earlier, John Bond isn’t 007, he doesn’t really have any credentials other than being a former QB/now booster, who grew up 3 houses down from Belue. I heard the discussion between him, Belue and Kincade that was mentioned in the article. He apparently thought he knew enough of something to report this thing to the now-ex-AD at Miss. St. last year.
Sandra Couch
November 10th, 2010
9:26 am
All this hating on Cam. Five years from now he will be one of the biggest things in the NFL and can laugh at all you haters.
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