Former Mississippi State quarterback John Bond guested on the Buck & Kincade show on WCNN-AM in Atlanta today to address his December, 2009, allegation of the role of Kenny Rogers in the recruitment of Cam Newton - and going on the record about the allegation to the media Thursday.

(ESPN *scoop*: Referendum on Rogers, Newton cred, or based on evidence?)

Along with the pertinent exchanges, the full audio of the interview is below.

Bond on why he went public:

All I know is ESPN was going to put the story out there, with or without me. They wanted to know what I had told the NCAA and that’s exactly what I told them. I don’t know why they decided to bring it out now. Like I said, I talked to the NCAA a couple several months ago.

Bond on whether Rogers approached him about Mississippi State paying for Cam Newton’s services:

Actually, there two people in between it but, basically, yes, that’s what happened.

On his relationship with Rogers before he was contacted about Newton:

I hadn’t heard from him in 30 years. I hadn’t heard from him, I guess, in 28 years or whenever the last time we played.

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