Newton spent much of the second half of the 2010 football season embroiled in a controversy regarding allegations that his father , Cecil Newton , had sought substantial sums of money in return for his son playing for a major college football team , in violation of National Collegiate Athletic Association rules .
Newton spent much of the second half of the 2010 football season haunted by allegations that his father , Cecil Newton , who wanted a fair amount of money money in return for his son playing for a major-college team .