AUBURN, Ala. — Former Auburn quarterback Cam Newton was ineligible twice last season, instead of just once, as had been previously reported, in the wake of his father’s bid to have Mississippi State pay for Newton’s enrollment, but he was reinstated both times.
Newton was declared ineligible Nov. 10, 2010, in the week leading up to the Georgia game, an Auburn official confirmed Friday, before Auburn’s compliance office worked with the NCAA to get Newton reinstated.
Auburn coach Gene Chizik opened his portion of the SEC teleconference Nov. 10 by saying Newton would play against Georgia that week.
Newton was also briefly ineligible before the SEC title game and subsequently reinstated.
On both occasions, Auburn argued former Mississippi State football player Kenny Rogers was not acting as Newton’s agent or athletic scholarship agent, according to 32 pages of documents released by the university Friday.
According to the documents, Rogers and Cecil Newton began discussing the possibility of obtaining cash payment for a sum between $120,000 and $180,000 from Mississippi State representatives Bill Bell and John Bond in return for Cam Newton’s enrollment in Starkville.
