Cam Newton is being accused of being in debt $25,000. Maybe his father can just go back to Auburn and ask for the money.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported Friday that former San Francisco 49ers deep snapper Brian Jennings told a local radio station that the former Auburn Tiger and current Carolina Panthers quarterback owes him the 25 grand.
The amount was the winner's share of the 2012 Pro Bowl. Both Jennings and Newton played for the NFC, which lost 59-41 to the AFC.
Newton was 9-for-27 passing in that game, throwing two touchdown passes and three interceptions. Jennings jokingly blamed Newton for the loss - and lost money.
"We have Drew Brees with his playbook all week, studying. ... We have Cam Newton with his head phones on all week goofing off. ... We go into the game, and this guy is chucking the ball all over the place, and everybody is looking around going, 'What's this guy doing? Are you kidding?' The punter and I look at each other and say, 'We are going to have a long second half.' We punted five times."
"He went in there and stank it up. He never looked at his playbook and he's chucking the ball all over the place. He can't hit the open guy. A lot of people don't know this, but Cam Newton owes me $25,000."
One of Newton's interceptions resulted in a lateral and retur returned for a touchdown by Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Derrick Johnson.
The Chronicle reported that Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rogers questioned the commitment of some of his NFC teammates on a radio show right after the game.
"I was just surprised that some of the guys either didn't want to play, or when they were in there, didn't put any effort into it," Rogers said.
In 2010, Newton's father and acquaintance Kenny Rogers reportedly asked Mississippi State to pay up to $180,000 to sign his son out of junior college, according to a report Auburn submitted to the NCAA. But if Auburn knew about the request, it can be assumed that Newton's father and associate were trying to find out whether Auburn was willing to pay for Newton's services.
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