# The "When Will Cam Newton Give the Heisman Back" Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 12, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-when-will-cam-newton-give-the-heisman-back-pool/563890 "2010-12-12T15:44:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-when-will-cam-newton-give-the-heisman-back-pool/563890/41 "2012-03-15T15:59:38Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Maybe I’m just not cut out for college football fandom, because none of that really fills me with much outrage. This is college football, the athletes are amateurs. That means they can’t be paid anything, ever, for anything, that could remotely be related to them playing football in a multi-billion dollar entertainment industry. Of course, we also cannot suggest they are being taken advantage of, because they receive a scholarship from the school. A scholarship worth tens of thousands of dollars that they should be very thankful for getting, even though it is definitely NOT compensation for playing football. ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-when-will-cam-newton-give-the-heisman-back-pool/563890/42 "2012-03-15T16:08:04Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > And Cam Newton sucks. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-when-will-cam-newton-give-the-heisman-back-pool/563890/43 "2012-03-15T17:04:28Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > This is college football, the athletes are amateurs. That means they can’t be paid anything, ever, for anything, that could remotely be related to them playing football in a multi-billion dollar entertainment industry. Seems to me, that ship has sailed. You’re not going to shock me by telling me that blue-chip college athelete get “special benefits.” \*\*mkecane \*\*- no need to exercise your smilies … I was just ball-busting, just kidding around … relax. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-when-will-cam-newton-give-the-heisman-back-pool/563890/44 "2012-03-15T17:41:04Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Seems to me, that ship has sailed. You’re not going to shock me by telling me that blue-chip college athelete get “special benefits.” There’s a fine line between better dining halls and getting paid cash. There are still obvious violations of the rules that will get programs punished and Heisman Trophies returned. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-when-will-cam-newton-give-the-heisman-back-pool/563890/45 "2012-03-15T17:43:53Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > It’s still not quite noon eastern. Anything can happen. 😉 I think you meant to say: [QUOTE=The Soothsayer] Ay, Caesar; but not gone. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Rex\_Goliath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rex\_Goliath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Goliath)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-when-will-cam-newton-give-the-heisman-back-pool/563890/46 "2012-03-15T20:37:07Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Then again, I don’t follow college football at all, so … what, did rape puppies when he was in school or something? No, but he did steal a dude’s laptop. > **[Cam Newton, Lame Laptop Thief](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/college/cam-newton-lame-laptop-thief)** > > NOVEMBER 9--Two years ago--before all the Heisman Trophy talk and the stories about cash solicitations and alleged academic misconduct--Cameron Newton was copping to possessing a computer that was st ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-when-will-cam-newton-give-the-heisman-back-pool/563890/47 "2012-03-16T02:59:29Z")
> [@Rex\_Goliath](#): > > No, but he did steal a dude’s laptop. > > [Cam Newton, Lame Laptop Thief | The Smoking Gun](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/college/cam-newton-lame-laptop-thief) No, according to your link he did not steal a laptop. Read the five pages of police reports and the letter that follows in your link. Then you will be informed that the burglary charges were dropped and, as stated above, Cam Newton was charged with receiving stolen goods, charges that were later dropped in accordance with him enrolling in and completing a youthful offender program. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-when-will-cam-newton-give-the-heisman-back-pool/563890.md?page=2)