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Team admits telling Newton to fake greater injury

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From the Observer:

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Panthers officials reiterated Monday that Newton was following instructions from the sideline to take a knee so backup quarterback Derek Anderson could loosen up.

“He took a hit. But when he walked off and he told the trainers he got poked in the eye, then they did take him into the tent and checked him for a concussion, which he did not have,” Hurney said.

“And it was really getting poked in the eye. He took a knee because they told him to take a knee so we could get the official timeout and Derek could warm up.”

Charlotte Observer

So he was legitimately poked in the eye because of the hit to his helmet, but they instructed him to make it look worse for the official time out.

Heh :)

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Just now, CarolinaSamurai said:

Teams do this alot actually. They say if your injured at certain spots to stay down even if you can get up. They'd rather give time to get ready the backup and it's safer for a player to get down even if he doesn't think it's bad. This is normal

No way! I'm absolutely certain this is the first and only time we've ever done this and we would never ever do it again because that would be wrong!

(and nobody else in the NFL does this kind of thing either)

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4 minutes ago, PantherCam213 said:

I've heard that. 

Shenanigans!!!

Actually, I find this funny as heck because now they're being investigated by the NFL.

This sounds like something out of a Three's Company plot :)

("No Mr. Roper, I swear Cam didn't have a concussion!")

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6 minutes ago, Davidson Deac II said:

Is it illegal?  If not, then ok and so what?

Illegal?  Nah.

A tad naughty, perhaps.

Guys have been faking injury to buy time since football began, but in the current climate where the NFL fears anything that could conceivably be concussion related, it gets us put under joint investigation by the league and the player's association.

It's just kinda silly.

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13 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Shenanigans!!!

Actually, I find this funny as heck because now they're being investigated by the NFL.

This sounds like something out of a Three's Company plot :)

("No Mr. Roper, I swear Cam didn't have a concussion!")

I bet we lose a draft pick.

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7 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Illegal?  Nah.

A tad naughty, perhaps.

Guys have been faking injury to buy time since football began, but in the current climate where the NFL fears anything that could conceivably be concussion related, it gets us put under joint investigation by the league and the player's association.

It's just kinda silly.

It was kind of dumb to admit it, but I suppose its better than being busted for not following the protocol.

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Just now, Davidson Deac II said:

It was kind of dumb to admit it, but I suppose its better than being busted for not following the protocol.

I think that's why.

4 minutes ago, tiger7_88 said:

I bet we lose a draft pick.

I was expecting a fine, at most.  Now? probably nothing.

I wouldn't be surprised if a few other teams huffed and puffed and acted like they'd never do something like this.

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