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Anyone who gets paid to perform a service is a professional. Doesn't make any difference if it came from a "professional team". If Newton got paid to perform a service, he then is a professional. Doesn't matter if it came from the Celtics or a booster. Time to get off this "professional" wagon. If Cam Newton's family got money, he is as much a professional as Enes. Bottom line is that the NCAA is very inconsistent.

Absolutely 100% incorrect! There is a major difference in competing in a Professional League against Professional Players. This is 100% about competing as a professional athlete. A High School player who gets a $1 from his Mom for every point he scores would be a paid professional in your analogy and that is ridiculous. Cam Newton did not get an unfair advantage against all the other players in college because he competed in a league of Professional Athletes and he received compensation for it. Cam Newton cheated, but this in NO WAY is similar!