# Potential college football nuke: Cam Newton paid to play?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potential-college-football-nuke-cam-newton-paid-to-play/559613>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [November 5, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potential-college-football-nuke-cam-newton-paid-to-play/559613 "2010-11-05T18:57:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potential-college-football-nuke-cam-newton-paid-to-play/559613/61 "2010-11-29T21:26:19Z")

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> [@astorian](#):
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> Can we all agree now that, morality aside, Newton would have been worth every penny his father allegedly asked for?

He’s going to be playing on Sundays, that’s for certain, and for a lot more than $180,000 or whatever.

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potential-college-football-nuke-cam-newton-paid-to-play/559613/62 "2010-11-29T21:27:08Z")

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Relatively speaking, probably yes.

Here is another hypothetical:

Assuming that Florida football is as corrupt as many people allegedly say it is, how did Florida ever let this kid get away?

I would guess that if it was really corrupt, it would have done everything to it could to hold on to him.

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**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potential-college-football-nuke-cam-newton-paid-to-play/559613/63 "2010-11-29T21:28:18Z")

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> [@astorian](#):
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> Can we all agree now that, morality aside, Newton would have been worth every penny his father allegedly asked for?

No, and Auburn won’t think so if their program goes into the toilet for the next 6 years.

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**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potential-college-football-nuke-cam-newton-paid-to-play/559613/64 "2010-11-29T21:31:38Z")

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> [@astorian](#):
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> Can we all agree now that, morality aside, Newton would have been worth every penny his father allegedly asked for?

Uh, no. Just from a financial standpoint, if Auburn is penalized, they will have lost many, many more millions than they gained. And for what? A championship with a big, fat asterisk beside it?

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