Oh, about that ‘Cam Newton tape’: Not so fast, my friends
Can anyone "authenticate" that this is actually Cam Newton? (AJC photo by Brant Sanderlin)
Yesterday we noted that Scott Moore, an Alabama entertainer, has been saying he has heard audio tapes of Cecil Newton talking about money in exchange for his famous son’s amateur services. We also noted that Moore has indicated the tapes could prove Cecil Newton’s famous son Cam had been privy to such discussions.
Today, via Sports Radio 97.7 The Zone in Huntsville, we learn that Moore isn’t sure of … well, of much of anything. From SportsByBrooks’ transcription of Moore’s appearance on Cole Cubelic’s morning show:
I’ve heard a voice on that tape that said there’s an offer for $180,000 from Auburn and this is Cecil Newton … This is what I’ve been told was Cecil Newton. I’ve never heard Cecil talk before … but I was told by those guys [Mississippi State boosters John Bond and Bill Bell] that this was Cecil talking and Kenny Rogers [another Mississippi State figure] is on these tapes as well. I’m going based on what I’ve heard.
Then this:
I’m going to play this [alleged Newton tape] on the air [of Moore's own radio show] and we’re going to talk about this on the air; then let’s get that voice authenticated.
I believe I can speak for all of us when I say: The man wants to put something on the air before having it authenticated? And he wants us to take him seriously?
Oh, and we should also note that SportsByBrooks, which does nice work, is reporting that a source “indicated that Bond and Bell have no audio file or tape containing the voice of Cecil Newton.”
Only in Alabama, kids. Only in Alabama.
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196 comments Add your comment
SSIgator
March 2nd, 2011
7:47 pm
actually auburn is the perfect place for his thugness
kral
March 2nd, 2011
7:49 pm
dude I am a die hard dawg…maybe they did …but worse is you saying you know and you DO NOT..
NOBODYYOUKNOW
March 2nd, 2011
7:49 pm
Now everyone will say “Ah aii the programs are guilty of that”. Thats because all the programs are guilty of this type crap.
kral
March 2nd, 2011
7:49 pm
you would know gator
pricedawg
March 2nd, 2011
7:49 pm
S SIgator, please learn how to spell and use correct grammer. I forgot you guys were such saints down there. Go gaytors!
SID
March 2nd, 2011
7:50 pm
Let’s ALL be honest…Football at ALL schools is about $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
kral
March 2nd, 2011
7:51 pm
Ell obwahkenobie you d not no what anyones guilty of…except maybe your on past
chuck
March 2nd, 2011
7:51 pm
honestly, espn is becoming a better source of news than cnn, fox, etc. at least we are getting the news instead of 24/7 entertainment news. i don’t give a rats ass about celebrities and what brand toilet paper they use.
Bitter grassy knoll
March 2nd, 2011
7:55 pm
where theres smoke theres fire—–or in case of jfk———ask not what you can do for your country—————-ask how much money ALL–Burn can pay you—-hahahahahahah—cheap fire wood—-tumors corner—–oak trees split and stacked——hahahahaha—hill-billies—-hahahahahah
Snake Doc
March 2nd, 2011
7:56 pm
I agree with Heddy Lamar
5150 UOAD
March 2nd, 2011
7:56 pm
Sid you never heard of Duke, Wake Forest, or Vandy. Football really doesn’t make these school much money.
nick fairley
March 2nd, 2011
7:56 pm
You just kicked dog nation in the crotch, theyre going to be so mad. Theyre barely hanging on right now that Auburn is the defending national champions. picture a 6 year old who can’t hold his bladder any longer and thats dawg nation.
kral
March 2nd, 2011
7:57 pm
sic..sic…sic…sic bitter azzey…knoll
kral
March 2nd, 2011
7:59 pm
i hope a future no. 1 would not lower himself
kral
March 2nd, 2011
8:02 pm
no toad Vandy…a respectable place…beyond reason,,gets a pretty good check fromSEC success…but I do believe like anyother competitoir winning an SEC champ. is their goal
kral
March 2nd, 2011
8:04 pm
i any sport…but fb…katie bar the door on supressed emotions
kral
March 2nd, 2011
8:04 pm
i any sport…but fb…katie bar the door on supressed emotions
dd
March 2nd, 2011
8:08 pm
Only in Alabama…..? Really? You should watch more sportscenter dude…..
jerry
March 2nd, 2011
8:09 pm
In Alabama the Tide is king. I don’t believe for one minute that AU can win the NC, without cheating, by picking through the recruits that were rejected by the Tide
Ekim
March 2nd, 2011
8:10 pm
People will still be marginalizing Auburn’s national championship and Cam Newton long after they’ve given up on Obama’s citizenship status.
5150 UOAD
March 2nd, 2011
8:14 pm
Does Trey Tompkins look like Damon Evans? I think he does.
The Money's Too Much
March 2nd, 2011
8:16 pm
There’s more to the story. Stay tuned.
SAL
March 2nd, 2011
8:16 pm
What do you think of the “birther” question regarding Obama???
Ann0y3d
March 2nd, 2011
8:16 pm
“Only in Alabama”…You say that as if 10-15 ‘dawgs don’t get arrested per year for everything including ramming Parking Cops’ cars and speeding away…
Nick Fairley
March 2nd, 2011
8:23 pm
jerry
March 2nd, 2011
8:09 pm
In Alabama the Tide is king. I don’t believe for one minute that AU can win the NC, without cheating, by picking through the recruits that were rejected by the Tide
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Is this Al from Dadeville. Al, in Alabama the Tide was king, 2 years ago. It only lasted a year. The Iron Bowl, SEC Championship, National Championship and Heisman belong to Auburn now. The same Auburn who has won 8 out of the last 11 Iron Bowls and the great Saban is only 50/50 in Iron Bowl wins btw.
Matty Thrice
March 2nd, 2011
8:29 pm
What most of us in the Normal World do not understand is that the people in Alabama don’t care whether Auburn & Scam cheated or not. Not even the Tide fans. Not one.
That i-dont-care-how-i-do-it-monkey-on-crack approach is bad for all of us. In an era when the SEC is dominating, no one outside a cow-town in Alabama is taking this NC seriously. Nobody. Auburn is the Moamar Qadaffi of football. “I am King! I am still King! People love me!” Yeah, you’re a “I-Con” alright.
G
March 2nd, 2011
8:30 pm
Bradley are you related to the Newton’s? You sure do write a lot of articles on them. I think everyone seems to have begun to move on maybe you should too?
Paul N Destin
March 2nd, 2011
8:30 pm
The John Bond/Cam/Cecil is small change for where this thing is going. The old drunk of a coach started up his buying players once Saban came to town. AU is going down and they damn sure deserve. The hire of the ghetto twins told you everything from day one. Cheezestaw was hired as a pawn and he’s not apart of the scheme but was hired so he would allow the others to handle the dirty work.
Carlton
March 2nd, 2011
8:30 pm
Let’s turn it around for fun. AU fans have been saying since this thing first broke “where’s your proof?”-I say, where’s YOUR proof money changing hands DIDN’T occur? I’m so sick and tired of this story at this point, I really could care less what happen to AU in the way of investigations, sanctions, or stripping of titles, but I will ask the AU fans to inform me as to why Cam would go to AU for absolutely NOTHING when it’s a far superior college football program to Mississippi State who (the NCAA agreed on this part) Cecil sold his son’s services to (despite Cam not knowing). That’s like saying I would work for McDonald’s for a salary relative to a Master’s Degree and full benefits, but I’d rather work for Apple as a CFO for minimum wage.
Zach
March 2nd, 2011
8:41 pm
Carlton, with all do respect. That’s not how America works. We don’t assume guilt. We believe in the presumption of innocence. Duh.
This isn’t communist china. Do you want to live in communist china?
Time
March 2nd, 2011
8:46 pm
OMGROFLMAO at Mark Bradley questioning this guy for running with a story BEFORE he knows the facts. How in the blue hell is that any different than what Bradley and the AJC, and the rest of the idiot media does on a day to day basis.
Answer – It’s no different.
PMC
March 2nd, 2011
8:49 pm
The NCAA is about as draconian as it gets when it comes to defending the false amateurism that they espouse.
Of course these tapes were bogus or not as revealing as this guy made out….
They’ve been over this with a fine toothed comb. Several government agencies were involved. It’s over. Auburn won… let it go. It has reached birther/truther status at this point.
If he were paid, there would be a paper trail somewhere, no one has uncovered one yet.
Let this boring lame tired story die.
Nick Fairley
March 2nd, 2011
8:51 pm
For those who can’t quite figure out the Cam and MSU story try and think this through just a tad. I promise your brain won’t explode but if you need a bit of Georgia styled grade inflation I’ll spot you 70 points on the test. 80 points. Forgot you need a 3.0. Or wait… never mind, grade inflation ruined the hope.
1. Cam Newton was recruited by OU, UT, AUB and MSU. The poorest and lowest in historical terms when it comes to football of the 4, MSU. Keep that in mind because later we’ll find out that Kiffin and Stoops both deny anything abnormal with Cam’s recruitment. So does Auburn. Soon it will be 3 against 1.
2. Cam visited MSU in Nov 09 and Auburn the next month, that’s Dec 09 for those of you who prosper only with Georgia styled grade inflation. During the MSU visit thats when a booster and Cecil contacted other boosters about money. Not an Auburn booster or person there, all MSU.
3. Cam signed with Auburn on Dec 31, 2009.
4. SEC notifies Auburn of suspected impromper recruitment at MSU, not Auburn, MSU in… JULY of 2010. So I thought Bond ran this down to the NCAA as quick as he could? Turns out, they didn’t. They didn’t report anything until January which was after Cam signed with Auburn and then stonewalled information until the summer.
5. The NCAA found nothing to date. Auburn suspended Cam on Nov 29, he was reinstated by the NCAA on Dec 1. Now we all know, now at least, that the eligibility and enforcement process run independently of each other. According to the NCAA, the reinstatement process is dealing with the individual student-athlete and his or her eligibility. The enforcement process focuses on institutional involvement or culpability. At times, the student-athlete eligibility issues become ripe within the context of an enforcement investigation. When this occurs, the school and the enforcement staff agree upon facts that are then presented to the reinstatement staff specific to the student-athlete’s eligibility.
6. So to date, we know that MSU boosters were willing to pay or seek pay. Makes sense given where they are and that you know you can go to OU, UT and AUB and become a national sensation and lead the team far (possibly to the BCS NC) but not at MSU. So if you want me to go to sacrifice fame and go to MSU, pay up. To date nothing has turned up on OU, UT or AUB offering money to Cam.
7. Oh and the FBI and pay for play thing with casinos and so forth. Yeah, on Oct 12 2010 the judge in that McGregor case orders all future evidence in the case unsealed. Turns out from inside sources the wiretaps from that investigation do not implicate McGregor for a pay-for-play scheme and notice no news reports to date mention wiretaps having been used as a part of the investigation into recruitment violations.
So what you’re left with, is a bunch of nothing except a few things we know for sure – a MSU booster was willing to get money for Cecil and called other boosters to make it happen, Cecil participated in some manner, nothing credible has come out about Auburn or any other school offering Cam money, NCAA reinstated Cam and Auburn beat the hell out of Georgia on the way to the BCS National Championship and dawg fans are still crying about it.
JASon
March 2nd, 2011
8:54 pm
“I believe I can speak for all of us when I say: The man wants to put something on the air before having it authenticated? And he wants us to take him seriously?”
You already took him seriously when you reported it yesterday you moron
Nick Fairley
March 2nd, 2011
9:07 pm
Carlton
March 2nd, 2011
8:30 pm
Let’s turn it around for fun. AU fans have been saying since this thing first broke “where’s your proof?”-I say, where’s YOUR proof money changing hands DIDN’T occur? I’m so sick and tired of this story at this point, I really could care less what happen to AU in the way of investigations, sanctions, or stripping of titles, but I will ask the AU fans to inform me as to why Cam would go to AU for absolutely NOTHING when it’s a far superior college football program to Mississippi State who (the NCAA agreed on this part) Cecil sold his son’s services to (despite Cam not knowing). That’s like saying I would work for McDonald’s for a salary relative to a Master’s Degree and full benefits, but I’d rather work for Apple as a CFO for minimum wage.
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Carlton, you want us to prove a negative? Wilco. Only after you prove Santa Claus does not exist and that Herschel Walker wasn’t paid by Georgia?
I’ll standby…
The Ghost of Wally Butts
March 2nd, 2011
9:10 pm
Here’s the moral of the recent news events…
An Alabama fan destroys property, HE IS ARRESTED AND GOES TO JAIL
An Auburn QB steals property, then destroys it (laptop), HE BECOMES AN ICON AND IS PAID MILLIONS.
No wonder modern kids are screwed up.
Real American
March 2nd, 2011
9:12 pm
SSIgator
March 2nd, 2011
7:46 pm
cam newton is a total thug, thats wy florida kicked him off the team. we have too much class to let a thug like newton continue to play for us. he doesnt even no how to read
___________________________
The irony….geesh.
2smartjones
March 2nd, 2011
9:13 pm
Auburn University 2010 BCS Champs!
WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!
Nick Fairley
March 2nd, 2011
9:14 pm
Bradley is reporting what is an authentic story, this guy out of HSV says he has a tape that will prove, as he said on 680, that Cam ABSOLUTELY was a part of the pay-for-play at MSU. That’s a legit story. The fact that it’s being ridiculed all over the country, and with 680 today, as another example of the Alabama side of the Auburn-Alabama rivalry getting out of control. Kind of like Al from Dadeville.
Nick Fairley
March 2nd, 2011
9:16 pm
he Ghost of Wally Butts
March 2nd, 2011
9:10 pm
Here’s the moral of the recent news events…
An Alabama fan destroys property, HE IS ARRESTED AND GOES TO JAIL
An Auburn QB steals property, then destroys it (laptop), HE BECOMES AN ICON AND IS PAID MILLIONS.
No wonder modern kids are screwed up.
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Yeah! I can’t wait for this. Did the police say Cam stole the laptop? Hurry, your post rests on you getting this right. And that’s not posting a negative, the information is out there.
Trooper Taylor
March 2nd, 2011
9:16 pm
We aint done no cheating. woo hoo look at me I have my hat on backwards.
Eagle Beagle
March 2nd, 2011
9:18 pm
This BS was started by trailer trash alabama fans looking to stir up trouble. They’ve been cheating for years and will get caught again soon—book it.
2smartjones
March 2nd, 2011
9:19 pm
We LOVE our coaches!
WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!
Dr. Phil
March 2nd, 2011
9:26 pm
I guess that this whole topic was kind of wasted space, wasn’t it.
Sec fan
March 2nd, 2011
9:30 pm
Is it me or is Miss st digging its own grave? Why didn’t they give all the tapes to the NCAA? Now we know they have 3 former players as go to guys as contacts for recruits and they are not coaches. This John Bond guy is a complete loser as well. If AU gave them cash they should be punished but all these tapes don’t mean crap. Scott Moore a former felon now has these tapes? Only in Alabama
Dr. Phil
March 2nd, 2011
9:30 pm
How do you prove that something didn’t occur?
Sec fan
March 2nd, 2011
9:36 pm
Proving a negative is rather difficult, that’s why AU has been getting slammed by the media.
RWBRebel
March 2nd, 2011
9:43 pm
So, the money was paid. Right? Is anyboby asking who paid it? We know who got it. But who paid it? It wasn’t picked off a tree in Toomers Corner.
Dawg A
March 2nd, 2011
9:45 pm
Nick Fartley…. I read your post and gave it a lot of thought and again where there is smoke there is fire!!!! Auburn fans are the only people in the country that think there is nothing here! So your constant deflection towards Dawg fans once again shows your ignorance!
You only beat Georgia because you had a player that you bought! The previous four years you got your butt kicked! And this year without your “bought” player you will have your butt kicked again!
Again NOBODY out there thinks you guys didn’t cheat to get your National SCAMpionship!!!! And you idiots aren’t worth my time!!!!!!
Jess
March 2nd, 2011
9:45 pm
Mark-
Please ban the trolls acting like “Dr. Phil”, or “Nick Fairley”.
Idiots.
This is a violation of the AJC blogging guidelines.
Also subjects them to a lawsuit.