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“I’m not going to entertain something that took place not three months, not six months, not a year but two years ago. I’m not going to sit up here and say anything about it, whether I did or did not do it, because I don’t want to beat a dead horse talking about it. It’s not going to affect me any way, shape or fashion.”
— CAM NEWTON, Auburn University quarterback, addresses allegations that he and his father, Cecil, pushed for a pay-for-play plan with Mississippi State during his recruiting process (Via ESPN). For more on the Newton saga, head over to SI.com for Michael Rosenberg’s take on the controversy.