Article on Cam's "Sunday Giveaway"

[Montsta]

http://espn.go.com/blog/carolina-panthers/post/_/id/18076/game-day-is-like-christmas-for-kids-who-get-td-footballs-from-cam-newton

Pretty good article about Cam giving away footballs. Didn't realize it was Shula as QB coach that first told Cam to give the ball away after a score. 

Our QB is awesome. 

[TheRumGone]

I was about to post this too!

loved in the interview when Newton asked the last kid why he thought people didn't like Cam giving away balls and the kid was like "haters man"

this is a great way to build a young franchise fanbase

[Cookie Lyon]

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Michael, 11, got the football from Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newtonafter Newton threw a touchdown pass in a Nov. 22 victory over the Washington Redskins.

"I wanted to cry," Michael said in a recent visit to Bank of America Stadium to share his experience. "Cam, he's my hero."

 

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Jaden Battle, an 11-year-old from Raleigh, North Carolina, got a football from Newton during a preseason game against New England. He might have summed up best what the program means to kids.

"It feels like I won the lottery," he said. "There's not a chance that you get a ball from Cam."

This just warms my heart. Cam is great guy.

[Toker Smurf]

Some actual work had to have gone into this article, to track down all those kid, though some info may have come from previous articles.

[Montsta]

And to add to this, ESPN did another article on Cam's work with children. 

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14426632/cam-newton-passion-helping-kids-endorsers-buying-nfl

[Shadow]

Cam is just taking good wisdom and applying it here: 

Train up a child in the way he should go,
And when he is old he will not depart from it.

[PntherPryd]

Fox NFL Sunday was hard at it Monday, tweeting out to anyone whose child has received a Cam TD football to please get in touch with them.

Funny to see David Newton could have read that tweet and beaten them to the story!

 

[PanthersATL]

All the local SEC-minded folks I hang with still refer to Cam as if he were playing at Auburn, and continue to bring up all his collegiate controversies. Even last Sunday, one said something about the fine Cam receives for giving away footballs (yes, I corrected that).

For whatever reason, there's haters out there; pointing them to articles like this can only help turn that ship around so they can see the real Cam: Good guy, good heart, sugar-cereal-lover, wacky shoe-wearing, always smilin', team leader, may the Force be with him, get-er-done MVP

[ladypanther]

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Packers defensive end Julius Peppers snatched the ball from Newton after the touchdown and tossed it toward the sideline, forcing Newton to chase after the ball. That directed Newton, who normally picks out a kid near the middle of the end-zone wall, toward Colin.

Colin, whose father died of a heart condition a month earlier, was there with his two grandfathers. Newton had no idea of the pain Colin or his family had experienced.

All he saw was the smile.

 

That one got me.

[iamhubby1]

If you hate Cam, it's because you want to. There is no earthly reason otherwise. You have to be living under a rock not to have heard about what he does for kids. The guy is just special. There is no other way to look at it.

 

HoF talent. With a heart of gold. And to think. I wanted to take Fairley, and suck for Luck. Man, I disappoint myself sometimes.

[fieryprophet]

MMQB also ran a story on this topic:

http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2015/12/23/cam-newton-sunday-giveaway-football-kids-touchdown-nfl-carolina-panthers

So ESPN, Fox Sports, and SI all are gonna do Cam football stories at the same time? Talk about a media turnaround. . .

[NanuqoftheNorth]

People all over the world, join in!

Cam's love train is leaving the station.

Get on board!

Cause if you miss it, I feel sorry, sorry for you! 

 

[KendrickPanther]

Scott Fowler did an impressive article about this in 2013 I believe.

[PandaPancake]

Sure is dusty in here