Proton spin in the valon model

The valon model description of the proton is used to calculate contributions of the constituents of the proton to its spin. It is shown that the results of the model calculation agree rather well with the EMC results. It is conjectured that in probing the nucleon with high [ital Q][sup 2] one actually probes its valon structure. It is further conjectured that the valence quark contribution to the proton spin cancels out the sea contribution, and gluons almost exclusively carry the spin of the proton. Our results satisfy various theoretical constraints on the sea polarization.