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Interesting view from the Auburn side.
Posted on 12/2/10 at 8:17 am
Posted on 12/2/10 at 8:17 am
This is something I received on Monday, and is by no means fact. I just thought that it was interesting and that the timing of it was interesting, so I figured I would pass it along. Sorry if Germans.
"Guys, I have been sitting on this for a while, and I just really need to
share it now.
As many of you know, I worked for 10 years in the Athletic Department at
Auburn. I am family friends with Jay Jacobs, though I am not particularly
close to him. There have been a lot of rumors going around about what the
Auburn administration knows and doesn't know, and I think I can shed some
light onto that. Like I said, I am close to the Jacobs family, and this info
comes directly from a relative of Jay.
The FBI has been investigating McGregor for the gambling conspiracy probe,
but none of that turned up any information on Cam Newton or any other Auburn
players. It did, however, turn up some dirt on our old friend Kenny Rogers.
Apparently Kenny has been doing this song and dance for awhile, setting up
Mississippi State players with boosters to get paid to play. Well, the money
started drying up at Miss St. A couple of the major boosters helping out have
lost everything in the economic collapse. Kenny called Cecil Newton and told
him about the arrangements that Miss St players of a certain value normally
got. Kenny said he could make it happen for a 10% cut. Cecil, in a lapse of
judgment, agreed. Rogers approached the normal boosters for the money, but
they rejected him. That is where things got hairy. According to what Cecil
has admitted to the Auburn administration, Rogers then approached Bond and
Bell for the money. He initially asked for 180K, but they declined. Rogers
claimed other colleges were offering more, even though it wasn't true. It was
just a bargaining ploy. He dropped the price all the way down to 100K before
Cecil decided better of it and backed out. Cecil told Auburn everything, and
the SEC has known about this since January. The NCAA has known about it since
July, and Cam is still eligible.
This is where the FBI comes in. When Rogers realized he wasn't getting any
money at Miss St, he approached some well known Auburn boosters, including
McGregor. That is when the FBI got him on tape. The FBI has Rogers admitting
that he had orchestrated pay for play at Miss St with a couple of boosters
named on the tape. The FBI is looking at bank records and transactions of the
boosters as we speak. This will not end well at all for Mississippi State.
The Miss St coaches had no idea how deep this went. If they had, they would
not have stirred up this hornets nest. They had assumed Cam had been paid to
go to Auburn, but he is completely innocent. McGregor had told Rogers, who at
that time didn't even have any contact with the Newtons, that he was not into
paying players. But this explains why the FBI was asking the Miss St people
about McGregor: because of his association with Kenny Rogers.
Just be patient, Auburn fans. I trust the guy I talked to, and all this will
come to light very soon."
"Guys, I have been sitting on this for a while, and I just really need to
share it now.
As many of you know, I worked for 10 years in the Athletic Department at
Auburn. I am family friends with Jay Jacobs, though I am not particularly
close to him. There have been a lot of rumors going around about what the
Auburn administration knows and doesn't know, and I think I can shed some
light onto that. Like I said, I am close to the Jacobs family, and this info
comes directly from a relative of Jay.
The FBI has been investigating McGregor for the gambling conspiracy probe,
but none of that turned up any information on Cam Newton or any other Auburn
players. It did, however, turn up some dirt on our old friend Kenny Rogers.
Apparently Kenny has been doing this song and dance for awhile, setting up
Mississippi State players with boosters to get paid to play. Well, the money
started drying up at Miss St. A couple of the major boosters helping out have
lost everything in the economic collapse. Kenny called Cecil Newton and told
him about the arrangements that Miss St players of a certain value normally
got. Kenny said he could make it happen for a 10% cut. Cecil, in a lapse of
judgment, agreed. Rogers approached the normal boosters for the money, but
they rejected him. That is where things got hairy. According to what Cecil
has admitted to the Auburn administration, Rogers then approached Bond and
Bell for the money. He initially asked for 180K, but they declined. Rogers
claimed other colleges were offering more, even though it wasn't true. It was
just a bargaining ploy. He dropped the price all the way down to 100K before
Cecil decided better of it and backed out. Cecil told Auburn everything, and
the SEC has known about this since January. The NCAA has known about it since
July, and Cam is still eligible.
This is where the FBI comes in. When Rogers realized he wasn't getting any
money at Miss St, he approached some well known Auburn boosters, including
McGregor. That is when the FBI got him on tape. The FBI has Rogers admitting
that he had orchestrated pay for play at Miss St with a couple of boosters
named on the tape. The FBI is looking at bank records and transactions of the
boosters as we speak. This will not end well at all for Mississippi State.
The Miss St coaches had no idea how deep this went. If they had, they would
not have stirred up this hornets nest. They had assumed Cam had been paid to
go to Auburn, but he is completely innocent. McGregor had told Rogers, who at
that time didn't even have any contact with the Newtons, that he was not into
paying players. But this explains why the FBI was asking the Miss St people
about McGregor: because of his association with Kenny Rogers.
Just be patient, Auburn fans. I trust the guy I talked to, and all this will
come to light very soon."
This post was edited on 12/2/10 at 8:33 am
Posted on 12/2/10 at 8:19 am to chadau79
If you wont or cant produce who said this...
Posted on 12/2/10 at 8:19 am to chadau79
If its not from W&L then i don't believe it.
He is after all the msot credible poster to ever post on any board anywhere.
He is after all the msot credible poster to ever post on any board anywhere.
This post was edited on 12/2/10 at 8:20 am
Posted on 12/2/10 at 8:19 am to chadau79
shite, that settles it.
ETA: CAN WE GET A frickING STICKY HERE. THIS IS EPIC.
ETA: CAN WE GET A frickING STICKY HERE. THIS IS EPIC.
This post was edited on 12/2/10 at 8:20 am
Posted on 12/2/10 at 8:22 am to chadau79
Sounds plausible, but if Miss State has been paying big money for players why have they sucked so bad?
Posted on 12/2/10 at 8:24 am to La Place Mike
quote:
Sounds plausible, but if Miss State has been paying big money for players why have they sucked so bad?
Not doing it right.
Posted on 12/2/10 at 8:26 am to I Love Bama
IF the glove don't fit...........
Posted on 12/2/10 at 8:27 am to chadau79
That sounds good all the way up to the part about McGregor being ethical. Then it falls apart.
Rogers knew which boosters gave money for players.
Rogers knew which boosters gave money for players.
Posted on 12/2/10 at 8:27 am to La Place Mike
quote:
Sounds plausible, but if Miss State has been paying big money for players why have they sucked so bad?
Because they don't have the money to pay much.
Posted on 12/2/10 at 8:28 am to I Love Bama
No reason to sticky it, because I don't claim it as fact. I just though that in theory it was interesting. I decided to post it in light of yesterday's events, and because I received it before all of the Cam information came out.
Posted on 12/2/10 at 8:29 am to La Place Mike
quote:
Sounds plausible, but if Miss State has been paying big money for players why have they sucked so bad?
You answered your own question.....it's "Mississipi" State
Posted on 12/2/10 at 8:31 am to chadau79
quote:
This is something I recieved on Monday
Well,this is good enough for me. Auburn should sue the NCAA.
Posted on 12/2/10 at 8:31 am to chadau79
quote:
Kenny said he could make it happen for a 10% cut. Cecil, in a lapse of
judgment, agreed.
Guess what though? This very statement makes him ineligible according to SEC bylaws. I don't give a shite what side of the fence you sit on here the SEC & NCAA just shite on it's rules and opened the mother of all Pandora's boxes.
This post was edited on 12/2/10 at 9:07 am
Posted on 12/2/10 at 8:33 am to I-59 Tiger
Thanks for the red ink teach. I have repaired my spelling error.
Posted on 12/2/10 at 8:35 am to LSUdm21
quote:
Pandora's boxes.
The NCAA will take care of that.
Posted on 12/2/10 at 8:36 am to chadau79
Very interesting from an Auburn view, only view that sees it this way. Tick tock, tick tock
Posted on 12/2/10 at 8:37 am to I Love Bama
quote:
shite, that settles it.
ETA: CAN WE GET A frickING STICKY HERE. THIS IS EPIC.
What are we waiting for.... Lets go
Posted on 12/2/10 at 8:39 am to chadau79
I suppose parts of that tale are plausible, however I am not buying.
Posted on 12/2/10 at 8:40 am to chadau79
Really? Auburn knew all of this stuff way back when and didn't declare Cam ineligible and ask for reinstatement at the time. Isn't that breaking news?
Posted on 12/2/10 at 8:41 am to RollDawgRoll
quote:
That sounds good all the way up to the part about McGregor being ethical. Then it falls apart.
Rogers knew which boosters gave money for players.
^^This^^
McGregor is not an ethical man - hell, neither is Cecil, IMO.
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