It comes as no surprise that Cam Newton has won the Heisman Trophy. What is surprising was his being left off the Football Association of Americas All-American Team. Kellen Moore won those honors.
Newton is by far the best player in college football this season and based on those attributes he is a worthy recipient. However based on all the criteria such as integrity, Newton falls below the mark and should not be this years Heisman winner.
As you recall he transferred out of Florida because he got caught cheating in his classes, then there was the issue of his having a stolen laptop he through out the window when the police came knocking at his door.
Then there is the pay for play issue. His father admits he tried to get money for his kids football talents, even got zoning issues for his church resolved based on the monies he expected to receive from selling Cam's services. He and Cam claim Cam did not know this.
Cam Newton winning the Heisman diminishes the Heisman as much as Barrack Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize for getting elected President. Even Obama said he had done nothing to deserve the award.
In my opinion Newton has been laughing at everyone all the way through this process. He appears to think it is all a big joke and that he is smarter than everyone else.
In his acceptance speech he threw salt in the wounds of those offended by his and his fathers actions, "My parents do so many things behind the scenes that nobody knows about. " We do know Cam, thats the problem we know way too much.
Then there are the Kellen Moores and Andrew Lucks of the world, the guys who play it straight, they get left in the dust by guys who cheat like Cam Newton.
I think in a few years the straight ones will have the last laugh on Auburn and Cam Newton when like Reggie Bush, Newton has to return the trophy. By then neither he or Cecil Newton will care. Newton will have so much money from the NFL it wont matter to the Newton family, and sadly that is what is about, the money.
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