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A website has surfaced called CamNewtonLieDetector.com, which has a simple premise: The proprietors of the site claim they will pay the Auburn QB $1 million if he can pass a test by answering "no" to four stipulated questions.
Those questions are as follows:
-- Prior to signing with Auburn, were you aware your father was “shopping” you to Mississippi State or any other school?
-- 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?
-- Did anyone on the Auburn coaching staff/athletic department instruct you how to answer questions from the NCAA by lying or avoiding the truth?
-- Did you or your family ever receive any impermissible benefits from Auburn?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution sent an email to the contact listed on the website and received an unsigned reply.
Here is an excerpt of that reply: "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."
Cam Newton was briefly declared ineligible, but the NCAA reinstated the quarterback on Dec. 1 before ever missing a game. Newton was reinstated even though the NCAA said it found evidence that his father, Cecil, shopped Cam to other universities. It was reported in early November that Cecil Newton and former Mississippi State football player Kenny Rogers tried to solicit money from Mississippi State in exchange for Cam's commitment to the university out of junior college.
Newton went on to win the Heisman Trophy and help lead Auburn to the BCS title. He is reportedly under heavy consideration for the No. 1 overall pick in the upcoming NFL Draft.
Source: Sporting News
Those questions are as follows:
-- Prior to signing with Auburn, were you aware your father was “shopping” you to Mississippi State or any other school?
-- 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?
-- Did anyone on the Auburn coaching staff/athletic department instruct you how to answer questions from the NCAA by lying or avoiding the truth?
-- Did you or your family ever receive any impermissible benefits from Auburn?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution sent an email to the contact listed on the website and received an unsigned reply.
Here is an excerpt of that reply: "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."
Cam Newton was briefly declared ineligible, but the NCAA reinstated the quarterback on Dec. 1 before ever missing a game. Newton was reinstated even though the NCAA said it found evidence that his father, Cecil, shopped Cam to other universities. It was reported in early November that Cecil Newton and former Mississippi State football player Kenny Rogers tried to solicit money from Mississippi State in exchange for Cam's commitment to the university out of junior college.
Newton went on to win the Heisman Trophy and help lead Auburn to the BCS title. He is reportedly under heavy consideration for the No. 1 overall pick in the upcoming NFL Draft.
Source: Sporting News