NCAA&#39;s &quot;Cecil Newton Rule&quot; Closes A Loophole That
Should Have Been Closed 50 Years Ago  Did you know there was a
big Cam Newton scandal? It's true! People were getting all mad
about it and everything! I know we've all got short memories,
and Newton's better known for being Tim Tebow, but black and
good, but it was just 14 short months ago that the NCAA was
rocked by reports that Newton's father requested cash from
Mississippi State for Newton's committal. Quaint, yes, in these
college football days of stripper abortions and kiddie rape, but
it was a really big deal at the time. I swear.  The NCAA loves
to cling to its whimsical little principle of amateurism, so
evidence that Cecil Newton sought money from MSU—and slightly
less evidence that he received it from Auburn—was bad. But not
illegal! That's changed. The NCAA's Legislative Council approved
a few new rules at their annual meeting, chief among them what's
being called the Cecil Newton rule, which bars family members of
athletes from finan