http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news... So the best player on what may be the best team in college football was getting shopped around as a recruit last December for the low, low price of just $180,000.
Cameron Newton's recruitment has been under scrutiny for almost a year.
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At least, that was the deal presented to Mississippi State, according to an ESPN.com report Thursday. The Bulldogs were getting a discount for quarterback Cameron Newton because he supposedly liked their coach. The true rate, according
to the Website, was $200,000. It was set by a recruiting middleman named Kenny Rogers.
Mississippi State didn’t bite. Newton went to Auburn, has become the Heisman Trophy favorite and turned a reeling program into a potential BCS champion. Auburn isn’t commenting other than to assert Newton is still eligible to play. Newton’s family said they neither received any money nor authorized anyone to sell out their son. So who knows what’s true about a bombshell revelation that could change the complexion of the entire season.
Posted By: DAVID JOHNSON
Friday, November 5th 2010 at 4:23AM
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