But when certain folks read Monday's article, they got upset. If the problem has been ubiquitous for decades, maybe it's time we start looking for a different solution. And when you take an honest look at the characters percolating beneath the NCAA's surface, any rational outsider would step back wonder the obvious: "Wait, why doesn't the NCAA cut out these middle men and just pay players themselves?" These shady, backroom deals with skeezy characters are all but inevitable when you consider the economic realities of a guy like Cam Newton and the role he plays in powering the billion dollar machine that is SEC football. Throughout all the furor surrounding Cam Newton and Auburn and the Mississippi State boosters and Kenny Rogers and all the characters in between, almost nobody has stepped back from this victimless crime and asked whether Cam Newton should be getting paid.Īs for the NCAA side of things. Essentially, it's a witch hunt, but they're going after the wrong witches. First, there's the media's role in consciously missing the point. Cam Newton's case highlights a problem with the NCAA that's two-fold. That's the biggest reason I wrote Monday's article, explaining why the Cam Newton investigation is "everything that's wrong the NCAA". First, did Cam Newton take money? Second, did his father, Cecil Newton, ask for money? And finally, regardless of the answers to the first two questions, shouldn't the NCAA or SEC have investigated this sooner?
Amidst all the latest discussion of Cam Newton and the investigation into his eligibility, it seems like the speculation has centered on three questions.
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