The Auburn and Cameron Newton Situation

[StylisticS]

SIAP. But does anyone have any opinions on this situation? Seems like this could get uglier and uglier and it will cost Auburn pretty big. Any Auburn fans on this board?

 

[UnoDallas]

not a fan but read yesterday where someone things Cam to the pros

but hes in a mess - I heard one of the announcers say if I were his dad an did not take any money he would have a press conference



Newton is the heart of the team’s success. He’s accounted for 27 total touchdowns and rushed for +170 yards five times this year. He’s the clear front runner for the Heisman trophy. As a fourth year player it wouldn’t be surprising to see him go one-and-done with Auburn, having previously transferred from Florida and joined the JUCO ranks

wouldn’t draft him to play quarterback. Clearly he’s a world class athlete with amazing size (6-6, 250lbs). However, he’s got serious mechanical issues as a passer and acts as a run-first QB with Auburn.

He’s only completed more than 15 passes in a game once this year and he’s only attempted more than 20 passes twice. He systematically destroyed LSU last weekend, while only passing for 86 yards and no touchdowns. I
absolutely could see a team falling in love with the athletic qualities and taking him in round one – but I wouldn’t pull that trigger

Backup QB Cameron Newton arrested for stealing laptop, suspended from team

University of Florida police arrested sophomore quarterback Cameron Newton on Friday afternoon for felony charges of buglary, larceny and obstruction of justice, according to Alachua County jail records

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_college_uf/2008/11/backup-qb-camer.html

 

[Muhast]

not a fan but read yesterday where someone things Cam to the pros

but hes in a mess - I heard one of the announcers say if I were his dad an did not take any money he would have a press conference



Newton is the heart of the team’s success. He’s accounted for 27 total touchdowns and rushed for +170 yards five times this year. He’s the clear front runner for the Heisman trophy. As a fourth year player it wouldn’t be surprising to see him go one-and-done with Auburn, having previously transferred from Florida and joined the JUCO ranks

wouldn’t draft him to play quarterback. Clearly he’s a world class athlete with amazing size (6-6, 250lbs). However, he’s got serious mechanical issues as a passer and acts as a run-first QB with Auburn.

He’s only completed more than 15 passes in a game once this year and he’s only attempted more than 20 passes twice. He systematically destroyed LSU last weekend, while only passing for 86 yards and no touchdowns. I
absolutely could see a team falling in love with the athletic qualities and taking him in round one – but I wouldn’t pull that trigger

Backup QB Cameron Newton arrested for stealing laptop, suspended from team

University of Florida police arrested sophomore quarterback Cameron Newton on Friday afternoon for felony charges of buglary, larceny and obstruction of justice, according to Alachua County jail records

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_college_uf/2008/11/backup-qb-camer.html

pretty sure Cam's version is that he bought a stolen lap top. I was under the impression that the cops said the same.

 

[UnoDallas]

I have no idea about the computer

but hes in it deep

with NCAA startin to look at his dad selling his son

stud fee I guess

 

[Concord]

Good Lord.



During my appearance on the nationally-syndicated Paul Finebaum Show today, Paul noted comments made by former college and pro football star Tony Dorsett about the recent allegations involving the father of Auburn quarterback Cam Newton.

“I think it’s a witch hunt. It’s a modern-day lynching of an athlete. I mean come on. If there was something going on they would have had to know about it way in advance. Why all of a sudden the school gets some success and he’s successful, he’s one of the front-runners for the Heisman Trophy, then all of a sudden all this comes to the forefront?”

http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/dorsett-newton-inquiry-is-modern-day-lynching-29244

 

[MC KAos]

i hate the SEC, so im warning, my view is pretty biased.....

but the way his dad has reacted and the way he answers certain questions makes it very iffy. he hasnt come out and denied it, whats he hiding? and when asked they never deny it, just said they arent gonna talk about it. i know it might make me a horrible person, but i hope they lose because im pretty sure he did take money and eventually, like in 2014 when the NCAA gets around to it, they are gonna take away any accomplishment from this year. that, and i like TCU and id like to see them in the title game

 

[Yeagermeister]

He plays for the SEC so nothing will happen. Now if his team was in a different conference.....say CUSA for example.....they'd wait until after he plays for the championship then determine he was ineligible and take away their wins for that season.


Am I still bitter......NAH!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[MC KAos]

He plays for the SEC so nothing will happen. Now if his team was in a different conference.....say CUSA for example.....they'd wait until after he plays for the championship then determine he was ineligible and take away their wins for that season.


Am I still bitter......NAH!!!!!!!!!!!!

no no, they will MAKE MONEY OFF HIM FIRST!! then later on down the road, they will punish him! but the NCAA, conference, and school must first squeeze all the money they can from his talents, after all they have to get a return on what they paid for

 

[YosemiteSam]

no no, they will MAKE MONEY OFF HIM FIRST!! then later on down the road, they will punish him! but the NCAA, conference, and school must first squeeze all the money they can from his talents, after all they have to get a return on what they paid for

...like Reggie Bush.

 

[Yeagermeister]

...like Reggie Bush.

or Derrick Rose

 

[Yeagermeister]

no no, they will MAKE MONEY OFF HIM FIRST!! then later on down the road, they will punish him! but the NCAA, conference, and school must first squeeze all the money they can from his talents, after all they have to get a return on what they paid for

Punish him? He'll be in the NFL making millions.

 

[kmp77]

pretty sure Cam's version is that he bought a stolen lap top. I was under the impression that the cops said the same.

I read an article saying the cops went to his room and he through the laptop out the window. That's pretty suspicioius. Knowing you bought a stolen laptop vs buying a laptop and later finding out it was stolen is two different things. I just don't know...stolen laptop and the family asking for money, just doesn't paint them in very good light.

 

[MC KAos]

Punish him? He'll be in the NFL making millions.

well thats what they will call it when they make him give his heisman back

 

[Yeagermeister]

well thats what they will call it when they make him give his heisman back

He'll still be know as a Heisman winner just like Bush. He just won't have the trophy.

 

[Rogah]

Good Lord.



During my appearance on the nationally-syndicated Paul Finebaum Show today, Paul noted comments made by former college and pro football star Tony Dorsett about the recent allegations involving the father of Auburn quarterback Cam Newton.

“I think it’s a witch hunt. It’s a modern-day lynching of an athlete. I mean come on. If there was something going on they would have had to know about it way in advance. Why all of a sudden the school gets some success and he’s successful, he’s one of the front-runners for the Heisman Trophy, then all of a sudden all this comes to the forefront?”

http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/dorsett-newton-inquiry-is-modern-day-lynching-29244

I'm not sure I consider it a witch hunt, because there sure seems to be something to the story. But yeah, I will gladly agree that it gets more coverage when it happens with the star of a team that may be in the national championship game and a Heisman contender then it would if it happened to the 2nd string quarterback at Washington State.