Published February 10, 2011 - 5:57am
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Auburn University has said that it has spent $170,000 in the past four months in attorney fees on the Cam Newton case over the past four months. Good thing Auburn brings in a ton of money annually from their program.
If this case lingers, it will be interesting down the road if Auburn has to still spend big bucks while Cam Newton is long gone and playing in the NFL. Furthermore, is this clear evidence that this case is still open? If it is closed, why do you still need attorneys? Welcome to college football in 2011.
Auburn and the Newtons met with the NCAA prior to the UGA game. Cecil had already turned over this financial records for his personal accounts and this church. He also turned over his phone records to the NCAA and admitted that he was involved in a pay for play plan with MSU booster Kenny Rogers (which his phone records verify). None of the phone or financial records indicate that Cecil had any contact with anyone associated with Auburn other than the coaches recruiting him. Auburn has not received any formal letter of investigation from the NCAA and is not expecting to receive one.
Cecil’s cooperation with the NCAA made sure his son only received a 1 day suspension during the middle of the week. In exchange the NCAA got the names of the Mississippi State boosters who he met with in the hotel during the MSU vs. Ole Miss game in 2009. Rogue boosters are a top priority for the NCAA.
“Rogue boosters are a top priority for the NCAA.” Well put.
Can you say lawsuit? Btw, Cecil never admited anything. Go read what the NCAA said. They made that determination on very shady evidence in order to end the investigation.
“Go read what the NCAA said”
Have a link?
Actually Jacob, this is what the NCAA said.
” Case precedent, NCAA or otherwise, extends only as far as its facts. And here, the facts are that no money changed hands, the student-athlete did not know about the activity, and the student-athlete did not enroll at the institution where the solicitation occurred… …It’s important to note that a violation was committed and it did impact Newton’s eligibility. It just did not impact his eligibility as much as some wanted.”
http://www.ncaa.org/blog/2010/12/closing-the-cam-newton-loophole/
Now, if you have something else than what was posted on the NCAA’s own website, I’d be interested in seeing it.
“If it is closed, why do you still need attorneys? ”
My thoughts exactly!
This case is still wide open but not just because of Cam, Blame the Board of Trustees(half of which ran Colonial Bank into the ground) and Milton McGregor, the owner of Victoryland. These two things are the reason Auburn football is about to resemble VANDY!
For the folks who want links, here you go.
http://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/p/22778676/As-the-Plains-Burn——-Updated-1-23-2011-pg-925.aspx
Dont know if you are allowed to comment on this sense its a different blog site.
do you honestly think this report is true……it has been in circulation since at least December. Why hasn’t this article been published in newspapers, magazines, etc? Why hasn’t espn, fox sports, scout, rivals, cbs, etc., ever mentioned anything about this article or anything stated in this article……………..
the answer is because it was written by an LSU fan who has no credibility or real sources. it is an embellished attempt to connect the infractions at auburn under pat dye to the cam/cecil newton case. Milton McGregor is going down for essentially buying government positions in ALabama, other than the fact that he is a resident of the state, an Auburn fan (possible alum, not sure, just a guess) and occasional booster ( he is a millionaire you know), has no connection to Auburn University.
Who cares who wrote it? Doesn’t make it true or NOT true now does it?
I am an Auburn fan so think what you will. I do not however believe any program is lilly white (OK maybe Vandy). That being said. I have read the Tiger Dropping article, First if you consider that legit, consider the source. Also if you research it many of the statements are factually inaccruate for example there is a comment about Muse moving onto the Athletic Dept., Muse was our school president, that was also his only connection to the AD, Muse was later fired by Auburn, he was then hired by Appy State if memory serves me, he was later indicted there by a federal grand jury for somthing he did while president with them. Now I will say this about Lowder, he is scum, period. He has for years tried to run Auburn as his personal playground. Show me a school and booster that doesn’t have one of these. If you think your school does not you are blind. Now with regard to Atty.’s I own a small business, I have an Atty on retainer at 4K per year, whether I need him or not. You ever own your own business and get sued you will too.
Wouldn’t matter if the spent 170 million, they are getting hammered period! Scam is the least of their worries!
No other school in the SEC, or in America for that matter, has the institutionalized corruption that has afflicted Auburn for decades. Anyone who believes that every other coach has a group of alumni each ponying up $5,000 for disbursement to players, or some other similar payola arrangement, is just delusional.
Yes, there have been boosters and agents doing crazy stuff for years. Herschel Walker was supposedly sent to a car dealership and told to pick out whichever car he wanted. One of Florida’s defensive linemen a few season’s back was driving a $140,000 Mercedes within a week or so after the season ended. But these are the actions of rogue boosters… Bobby Lowder has been on THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES of the flippin university for years.
I don’t believe for one minute that Lowder didn’t find a way to pay off Cecil Newton in cash, and I seriously doubt that the payoff will be reflected in anybody’s bank records.
What I do believe is that one of Lowder’s associates may flip on him, finally, in order to avoid going to prison for bank fraud as a result of the Colonial Bank meltdown. Colonial Bank and Auburn might as well be the same entity when it comes to Auburn.