newton spent much of the second half of the 2010 football season haunted by allegations that his father, cecil newton, who wanted a fair amount of money money in return for his son playing for a major-college team. if true, this would violate national collegiate athletic association (ncaa) rules. in early november, officials with mississippi state university charged that cecil newton said that it would take "more than just a scholarship" to secure his son's services. this demand was apparently spread by kenny rogers, a recruiter who formerly played for the bulldogs, to john bond, his former teammate at msu. rogers later said in a dallas radio interview that cecil newton said it would take "anywhere between $100,000 and $180,000" to get his son to transfer to msu. auburn maintained throughout the scandal that they were not involved in any pay-for-play scheme, and that cam newton was allowed to play.