... and hand-wringing during his monstrous season as the starting quarterback for an Auburn Tigers team competing for a national championship. His statistics and performances speak for themselves in what has been an undefeated season in the rough-and-tumble SEC.

Instead of heaping praise on Newton and marveling at his natural abilities both throwing and running with the football, all the attention has instead shifted to questions of his legitimacy as an "amateur athlete" as laid out within the rules of the NCAA.

Newton's father, Cecil, was accused of engaging in a play-for-pay scheme by offering his son's commitment to Mississippi State University for a six-figure sum, which unfortunately has destroyed his son's image. Cam Newton i...

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