It's Time To Acknowledge The Elephant In The Room

[Proudiddy]

The NFL didn't want Cam as the face of their league.  I'll let you figure out why for yourself, but it's fairly obvious. 

 

Seriously...  Ask yourself...  If that was Tom Brady, Rodgers, Brees, or Manning, how many of those helmet to helmet hits would've went uncalled?  Hell, anyone remember Greg Hardy's personal foul for hitting Carson Palmer too hard from behind in the back/torso?

What other MVP has gotten this kind of treatment?  How many times have you seen Brady jump up after getting lightly pushed down after releasing the ball, whine to the ref, and have that same ref start making that call later in the game?  Look at the ref's body language towards Cam when he complains.  They don't care.  They don't treat him like an MVP.  What league doesn't protect the face of their league?  Their MVP?  One of their most transcendent talents?  One of their most marketable players?

Now think back further...  When have you ever seen a player forced to hold a presser after a game, inside of the stadium, within ear shot of some cocky asshole they just lost to, talking poo as loud as they can to the point it drowns out said player's presser?  SERIOUSLY, when have you ever seen that?  I know when.  NEVER.  Because it didn't happen until Cam.  He is purposely being put in these positions.

The NFL is putting him in these positions 1) to frustrate him and hopefully, generate a juicy reaction and storyline, 2) because they don't care about him, and 3) if he happened to get injured as a result of what they're allowing to go on, it would satisfy a large, bigoted segment of their customer base, including many in their very ranks.  Cam is young, black, gifted, more physically imposing than any player before or after at the QB position, and he pisses them off that he just keeps scoring, winning, and dancing.  They want him "humbled."  He's not the face they wanted.  They don't care about Cam.  They are using him and couldn't care less about what happens to him or with him in the process.

Even if you don't agree on the race issue, just really take in all that has happened with him and to him since his time in the league and really weigh whether the league has protected him in anyway - public relations-wise, on-field, off-field, etc.  Compare him to his peers and think about whether they are held to a different standard and whether they are protected by the league.  

For even further consideration, even look back to flashy guys like Deion...  Do you recall concerned mothers writing local papers to tell them how offended, hurt, disgusted, and traumatized she was by Deion's dancing after TDs, only to then have it plastered all over national news where pundits pontificate on how she has a good point and how he's showing up his opponents?

Remember the Tommy Kelly/Raiders incident where Cam finally kicked at Kelly after repeated late and dirty hits that went uncalled?  Yet, Cam was called for fighting back.

What has Cam loved to do when his defensive or ST teammates make a big play?  Run on the field once the play is over to congratulate them.  What has the NFL now made an emphasis in officiating?  Penalizing players for running onto the field (for the sake of fairness, some other incidents have contributed to this rule being emphasized as well, but still...).  Regardless of the impetus for the new re-emphasis of the rule, who else have you seen penalized for it this preseason?  LOL...

And again, we come back to the way he was critiqued and treated leading up to the Superbowl and after.  He was set up by the league to answer questions about the biggest loss of his career while sitting directly across from an opponent he just lost to, bragging loudly about how he shut him down.  Then Cam is villainized for getting up and walking away instead of being humiliated any further.  

Remember the NFL Awards ceremony?  Remember how all the other awards were extended presentations, and then it got to Cam and they couldn't get it over with fast enough.

Now all of this brings us to tonight...  What other QBs in the league take those shots to the head without penalties being called?  How many other MVPs have you ever seen take those hits without penalties being called?  How many other leagues would sit around on their hands and not immediately try to remedy the situation, or at the very least, address it for the sake of transparency?  Instead, these assholes completely ignore all of the illegal hits, all of the game-changing, horrible officiating, and instead tweet out a picture of Von Miller with some generic caption like, "victory."

This is like some sort of crazy cosmic joke.  We are blessed with a once-in-a-lifetime talent.  One whom turns our franchise completely around and wins the MVP award...  There are franchises who never have, and never will have an MVP.  We have him.  And he gets treated like a red-headed stepchild by the very league that profits exponentially off of him and his image.

/vent

[davos]

F*ck, I need to take my neutropics.  

[Chief_Chokeaho]

 

 

Cam is getting to the point where his talent exceeds the attempts to neutralize/deter him. The NFL is afraid of what Newton is and will become. It's obvious. Soon their attempts will not matter. Cam is too FUGGING good. My mother fuging QB. Literally nobody in the history of the NFL who I would rather have than Cam Newton. GOAT.

[Wake]

Start tweeting every reporter on CNN/FOX/MSNBC, until it makes real news. I'd rather there be a shitshow the following week than see Cam get killed again.

[davos]

Btw, I thought this was going to be about our run D lol.

Great post

[rico6]

Spot on analysis.

It especially hurts that our good ol' fashioned yellow bellied franchise very rarely vocalizes said frustrations to any mainstream media outlet. Like someone said earlier, there are MANY franchises that will back their Star Player(s) to the extreme. 

But the Shield at Mid-Field trump all.

[Jangler]

JR has 10 days to put the Panther logo on the 50 yard line.

[Castavar]

[Daddy_Uncle]

I say lets teach young children starting football that head hunting is good. Concussion = 2 points 

[B.BERSIN]

Let me say this, it's racist. Seriously.


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[CPantherKing]

Institute penalty FG kicks without a defense rushing for flagrant unnecessary roughness penalties. Offense then gets the ball back at the previous spot with an additional 15 yard penalty.

This garbage to injure players in an effort to win close games will end over night. Some coaches are fine with risking a 15 yard penalty to change the outcome of a game. That changes when you have the possibility of the opposing team hitting a long FG tacked on to it.

[raleigh-panther]

4 hours ago, davos said:

Btw, I thought this was going to be about our run D lol.

Great post

Wait. We have a run D?

[SportsCrazie4172]

4 hours ago, Proudiddy said:

The NFL didn't want Cam as the face of their league.  I'll let you figure out why for yourself, but it's fairly obvious. 

 

Seriously...  Ask yourself...  If that was Tom Brady, Rodgers, Brees, or Manning, how many of those helmet to helmet hits would've went uncalled?  Hell, anyone remember Greg Hardy's personal foul for hitting Carson Palmer too hard from behind in the back/torso?

What other MVP has gotten this kind of treatment?  How many times have you seen Brady jump up after getting lightly pushed down after releasing the ball, whine to the ref, and have that same ref start making that call later in the game?  Look at the ref's body language towards Cam when he complains.  They don't care.  They don't treat him like an MVP.  What league doesn't protect the face of their league?  Their MVP?  One of their most transcendent talents?  One of their most marketable players?

Now think back further...  When have you ever seen a player forced to hold a presser after a game, inside of the stadium, within ear shot of some cocky asshole they just lost to, talking poo as loud as they can to the point it drowns out said player's presser?  SERIOUSLY, when have you ever seen that?  I know when.  NEVER.  Because it didn't happen until Cam.  He is purposely being put in these positions.

The NFL is putting him in these positions 1) to frustrate him and hopefully, generate a juicy reaction and storyline, 2) because they don't care about him, and 3) if he happened to get injured as a result of what they're allowing to go on, it would satisfy a large, bigoted segment of their customer base, including many in their very ranks.  Cam is young, black, gifted, more physically imposing than any player before or after at the QB position, and he pisses them off that he just keeps scoring, winning, and dancing.  They want him "humbled."  He's not the face they wanted.  They don't care about Cam.  They are using him and couldn't care less about what happens to him or with him in the process.

Even if you don't agree on the race issue, just really take in all that has happened with him and to him since his time in the league and really weigh whether the league has protected him in anyway - public relations-wise, on-field, off-field, etc.  Compare him to his peers and think about whether they are held to a different standard and whether they are protected by the league.  

For even further consideration, even look back to flashy guys like Deion...  Do you recall concerned mothers writing local papers to tell them how offended, hurt, disgusted, and traumatized she was by Deion's dancing after TDs, only to then have it plastered all over national news where pundits pontificate on how she has a good point and how he's showing up his opponents?

Remember the Tommy Kelly/Raiders incident where Cam finally kicked at Kelly after repeated late and dirty hits that went uncalled?  Yet, Cam was called for fighting back.

What has Cam loved to do when his defensive or ST teammates make a big play?  Run on the field once the play is over to congratulate them.  What has the NFL now made an emphasis in officiating?  Penalizing players for running onto the field (for the sake of fairness, some other incidents have contributed to this rule being emphasized as well, but still...).  Regardless of the impetus for the new re-emphasis of the rule, who else have you seen penalized for it this preseason?  LOL...

And again, we come back to the way he was critiqued and treated leading up to the Superbowl and after.  He was set up by the league to answer questions about the biggest loss of his career while sitting directly across from an opponent he just lost to, bragging loudly about how he shut him down.  Then Cam is villainized for getting up and walking away instead of being humiliated any further.  

Remember the NFL Awards ceremony?  Remember how all the other awards were extended presentations, and then it got to Cam and they couldn't get it over with fast enough.

Now all of this brings us to tonight...  What other QBs in the league take those shots to the head without penalties being called?  How many other MVPs have you ever seen take those hits without penalties being called?  How many other leagues would sit around on their hands and not immediately try to remedy the situation, or at the very least, address it for the sake of transparency?  Instead, these assholes completely ignore all of the illegal hits, all of the game-changing, horrible officiating, and instead tweet out a picture of Von Miller with some generic caption like, "victory."

This is like some sort of crazy cosmic joke.  We are blessed with a once-in-a-lifetime talent.  One whom turns our franchise completely around and wins the MVP award...  There are franchises who never have, and never will have an MVP.  We have him.  And he gets treated like a red-headed stepchild by the very league that profits exponentially off of him and his image.

/vent

I definitely pulled the race card on twitter and got some wackos telling me I'm just overreacting.."he was hit by a black line backer".Whhaaatt??

That's not what I'm saying here..I'm saying If White Tom Brady or White Drew Brees had gotten hit like that, flags would have been thrown..I have seen countless times Tom will get hit and complain to the ref and a flag thrown..

Now Cam goes into the presser tells the NFL last night, the refs weren't doing it intentional and he loved the officiating job..Guess what, he aint about to get sh*t called for him now..he himself put a bigger target on his back..

I said it last night but I dont like this saying all the right things Cam..I need the man who didn't give a sh*t and called it for what it was..

Mike and Mike on TV this morning blaming the Panthers organization for not putting Cam in concussion protocol instead of talking about the real story and why Cam isn't getting the calls Brady/Manning/Brees would have gotten last season..

 

 

 

 

[d-dave]

I agree that there is a fairly major anti-Cam bias.  He, Rivera, and his inner circle know that it's beyond the media.  When Von Miller calls him the best in the league days before his teammates blast him repeatedly in the head, what exactly does that mean?  I loved Derek Wolfe's pissing and moaning post game about how he was targeted.  Sucks when it happens to you?

I so very frustrated by this game.  Certainly, the officiating of those head shots was ridiculous, and if any other "regular sized" QB were to take those shots, guys would have been ejected.  Then there were lots of little nit picky calls, several drives in the 3rd quarter where we'd made a first down play, only to have it called back, like the Kalil finger hold.  

At the end of the day, the Panthers fell apart, and got outplayed during the 2nd half.  The officials didn't help, but the Panthers share a healthy amount of blame there.  Especially our defense...Guys....  That was hard to see us play that badly.

So moving forward, do we have a "new Seattle" now?  Like how we just couldn't beat the Seahawks, but now it's with the Broncos, who could go to another Super Bowl with a similar D and better QB play.  Shula and Dorsey need to get the plays corrected to beat that blue/green/delayed blitz.   We lost to it from Atlanta, now Denver TWO GAMES IN A ROW!!!!!!!!  Sorry, I'm still hot and angry here!  Stuff needs to get fixed before Cam gets ruined.