Cam Newton isn't being suspended by the NCAA or anyone else. Let's get that out of the way first before we start breaking down everything that's happened today.For those of you who are on Twitter and check it regularly, you saw the same rumors that I saw from the moment you logged in.
I caught them early this morning as soon as I got in to the office. There were conversations immediately between myself and Matt Baxendell from 790 The Zone in Atlanta. What we both saw made our jaws drop.
Not only were we hearing about the fact that Newton might have been offered money to sign with Mississippi State and Auburn, but apparently his traffic records were being looked at as well.
The original report was thought to come from Ian Fitzsimmons of ESPN Radio. He was on the air earlier today when he mentioned the suspension. What he actually said was the investigation, as big as it is, could change in a matter of three or four hours.
A listener misconstrued those words and took to Twitter saying Newton was going to be suspended by the NCAA in three or four hours.
Paul Finebaum spoke to Fitzsimmons personally and he told Paul that it was NOT what he had said.
This rumor even got as far as the Las Vegas bookies who took the Auburn-Georgia game off the board.
Auburn head coach Gene Chizik reiterated to the media today that it was business as usual at the ir practice and that Newton would play on Saturday against the Bulldogs.
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