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Yankees say don't be like Cam Newton

Jeremy Igo

By Jeremy Igo,
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The NY Yankees are telling their players to be less like Cam Newton and more like Russell Wilson when it comes to speaking to the media. 

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Kids everywhere want to be like Cam Newton. The Yankees are telling their players the exact opposite.

Newton’s postgame press conference following Super Bowl 50 caught the eye of Jason Zillo, the Yankees’ executive director of communications, who is using the brief, dismissive session following the Panthers’ loss to the Broncos as a prime example of how not to handle yourself with the media.

The fact that Newton’s less-than-impressive postgame performance came only one year after Russell Wilson’s impeccable handling of the media after he threw a late interception in the previous Super Bowl paints a perfect picture of how to handle yourself and how not to.

“That’s something everybody should see,” Zillo said of Newton’s highly criticized interview. “It’s made more impactful when you parlay it with what the quarterback did 12 months prior in the exact same position after throwing an interception at the goal line.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/yankees-players-don-cam-newton-article-1.2540349

 

It is amazing that Cam Newton's post game press conference at the Superbowl is still a major topic of discussion. 

 

Maybe they should worry more about their players who beat women and take PEDs. 

 

As if you needed another reason to hate the Yankees. 

 

 

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Snobbish hypocrisy

nobody in that organization is a saint, especially their last icon, Derek Jeter, who has basically slept with half of the upper east side at this point. But then again, that aesthetic, Ford Edge peddling, corporate pool cue stuck up their ass mentality is what they're known for.

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I saw that earlier...funny.  Honestly, guys need to stop caring about winning.  They need to hide all of their emotions, button up and talk boring corporate speech because that's what's been done.  Don't be you, be who the media wants you to be!

Then again, the Yankees are a pretty big merchandising business, so they don't want to offend anyone.

So are they also going to ask their players to abstain from sex with their celeb girlfriends until married?  Or drink special water they believe has mystical powers?  And dad jeans too?

I love how much of a thing Cam is.  It's only going to be sweeter as we get better and we keep on celebrating, play as our team, and continue to allow guys to be themselves.

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46 minutes ago, frash.exe said:

Snobbish hypocrisy

nobody in that organization is a saint, especially their last icon, Derek Jeter, who has basically slept with half of the upper east side at this point. But then again, that aesthetic, Ford Edge peddling, corporate pool cue stuck up their ass mentality is what they're known for.

Hey now, I don't know how anyone can hate the Game Jeter spit off the field. Have you seen his rack record? It's impressive. Couple that with the fact that he always had a limo, gift basket, and autographed swag waiting for women after spending the night with him, and I think he kept what he did as classy as he could. 

Still hate that entire organization. They are everything that is wrong with baseball. And that play where he dove into the stands is the single most overrated play in baseball history. He was too stupid to slide after catching the ball... he had plenty of time. He was just being an idiot. 

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