Every day there seems to be someone new from Mississippi who has new information on Cameron Newton asking for money before playing at a certain school. Now we hear that there are text messages and witnesses mentioning Cameron Newton's family asking for $180,000 for Newton to play at certain SEC schools, which the whole Newton family and Auburn football team deny. Newton's lawyer even stepped forward and made a public statement saying he's "1 million percent sure" that Newton's Cameron Newton did not accept money to play football anywhere. Now you can interpret this how you want since the lawyer does not specifically mention Cameron's father not asking for money, but it seems that for the time being Cameron is in the clear to win the Heisman and possibly play in the National Championship game if the Tigers can beat Alabama next week. He will likely finish the season before any possible sanctions are placed on Newton by the NCAA, FBI, etc. However, if he is found guilty in the future, we will see a Reggie Bush type situation where he will have to give the trophy back, assuming he wins, and gain some serious, negative national attention. We'll see what happens over the next couple of months. The fair thing to do is assume he's innocent until proven guilty, especially since he is chosing to play all of the remaining games this season despite being under the microscope and risking his team having every win revoked from this season if he is found guilty.
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