Worrying about Cam leaving in 4 years

[Happy Panther]

I meant to post this a couple of weeks ago when it was discussed on either ESPN or WFNZ.

I think it works like this:

Under the current CBA we can franchise Cam for 2 years after his contract is up (so worst case we have him through 2016 if he continues his stellar career.) This was a point of negotiation in the CBA where the players wanted it to go to max 1 year of franchise but it stayed at 2.

Good for us.

QBs don't like the prospect of serving under 1 year contracts (security, chance of injury etc...) so Cam will want to renegotiate a long term deal as soon as possible. Somebody mentioned under the new CBA there is a limit on when a new contract can happen after the rookie contract.

Does anyone know what the rule is? When could we actually re-sign him.

Yeah I know its early to talk about this but other people are.

[Panther_mountain]

This isnt gonna happen. How many elite QB's hop from one team to another in their prime???

[Stroupe-a-loop]

Man, just damnit.

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

Exactly, teams pay big dollars to keep franchise quarterbacks. Worrying about Cam leaving is silly. If J.R. is willing to pay CJ as much as he did to keep him a Panther, imagine how much money J.R. will pay Cam to keep him a Panther.

[Happy Panther]

This isnt gonna happen. How many elite QB's hop from one team to another in their prime???

None that I can recall.

[Kettle]

The mac attack talked about it as late as this morning, and his thought is do a new contract after 2 years I think. He may have said 3.

[Millions]

Cam is going to get paid and locked up by us sooner rather than later no worries...He seems like he wants to lift up Carolina from small market to something. He wants to win now, crowd support, wants BOA to be feared due to loud fan noise etc. Like I said before we drafted him he's our "LeBron James" (what he did for Cleveland) but I feel like he wont leave what he helps build just my opinion.

[Happy Panther]

QBs leave because they are unhappy with ownership, are on a loser team, or have a bad attitude.

Players have typically liked playing for Jerry and Cam has a great attitude.

If we continue to improve then there is no issue.

[nosuchthingasapanther]

the only thing i'm concerned about 4 years from now is my son starting high school.

[csx]

We aren't even halfway through his first season. I'll likely never worry about it, and especially not now.

[rayzor]

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[Happy Panther]

That's a you problem, not a me problem.

[Marguide]

The mac attack talked about it as late as this morning, and his thought is do a new contract after 2 years I think. He may have said 3.

It's 3 per the CBA. Not allowed prior to this.

[Herbert The Love Bug]

In 4 years, the Panthers will be one of the top teams in the NFL and JR will give him the biggest contract ever. JR is head over heels in love with Cameron Newton and realizes what he means to this franchise.