NFL MVP Cam Newton appeared to be involved in a physical confrontation over the weekend and a 7-on-7 youth football camp.
Some reports <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2024/02/25/cam-newton-brawl-football-game-tsp-crew/">said</a> that it appeared as though Newton was jumped by several men, although exact details about what happened at the event in Atlanta on Sunday are still not clear.
Newton — who is 6&#8217;5&#8221;, 250 pounds — can be seen in the video manhandling most of the men during the altercation.
USA Today <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2024/02/25/cam-newton-fight-nfl-qb-brawl/72738944007/">said</a> that Newton may have been &#8220;looking to break up a fight involving two or possibly three people before camp staffers and security officers stepped in to restore order.&#8221;
The fight started off near a pop up tent and ended several yards away.
Security officials stepped in to help break up the fight. It did not appear as though anyone was seriously hurt.
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Cam Newton fighting the TSP dudes ??? 👀👀👀 <a href="https://t.co/peEdkhh0dR">pic.twitter.com/peEdkhh0dR</a>
&mdash; Van (@vanman_1000) <a href="https://twitter.com/vanman_1000/status/1761858670894211372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 25, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Better camera angle of the beginning of the fight when TSP crew tried to jump Cam Newton by blindsiding him with a punch. <a href="https://t.co/TBZWc2q4nL">pic.twitter.com/TBZWc2q4nL</a>
&mdash; The Art Of Dialogue (@ArtOfDialogue_) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArtOfDialogue_/status/1761873680596918742?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 25, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Free agent quarterback Cam Newton has found himself in trouble over comments regarding women in the past, specifically when he questioned why a woman reporter was asking him questions about “passing routes” in 2017.
“It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes,” Newton <a href="https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/scott-fowler/article260328395.html">said</a>. He laughed to himself and then repeated: “It’s funny.”
Newton later apologized, saying he had “learned a valuable lesson from this.” But on Monday, video of Newton on the “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgT2GU9ZiPo">Million Dollaz Worth of Game</a>” podcast circled the internet, and Newton once again found himself in hot water over his comments regarding women.  
&#8220;I had a perfect, perfect example of what a man was by my father,” Newton said. “My parents have been together for 36, 37 years now, and it’s a beautiful thing. I grew up in a three-parent household — my mom, my father and my grandmother. And I knew what a woman was. Not a bad b****. A woman.” 
Newton explained that a “bad b****” is a woman who “looks the part” but doesn&#8217;t “act the part.”
&#8220;And it’s a lot of women who are bad b******, and I say ‘b******’ in a way not to degrade a woman but just to go off the aesthetic of what they deem as a ‘boss chick,’&#8221; Newton continued. &#8220;A woman for me is handling your own but knowing how to cater to a man’s needs,” Newton continued. “I think a lot of times when you get that aesthetic of like ‘I’m a boss b****, I’m a this, I’m a that,’ no baby. But you can’t cook. You don’t know when to be quiet. You don’t know how to allow a man to lead.&#8221;
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NFL quarterback Cam Newton complained about women who &quot;can&#39;t cook&quot; and &quot;don’t know when to be quiet.&quot;
&quot;Now a women for me is, handling your own but knowing how to cater to a man’s needs.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/Dzw3QMtpwI">https://t.co/Dzw3QMtpwI</a> <a href="https://t.co/WdYsetopRJ">pic.twitter.com/WdYsetopRJ</a>
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As expected, social media jumped all over Newton’s comments, though Newton did go on to explain that he feels that it’s time for “men to start being men.” 
“I’m also going to start telling the men to start being men,” Newton <a href="https://youtu.be/PgT2GU9ZiPo?t=493">added</a>. “That sucka s*** should not be rewarded.”
“When a person carries himself social media wise, and it’s a fraud in real life,” Newton elaborated. “Every person that has money, every person that’s rich, isn’t a real one. And I think that gets kind of misconstrued in this society now, because a lot of people have money, but they’re not genuine people.”
Last year, Newton played in eight games with the Carolina Panthers, starting at quarterback in five games. He threw for 684 yards, four touchdowns, and five interceptions. In late March, ESPN insider Adam Schefter reported that Newton has drawn interest from NFL teams, but is waiting for the “best fit.”
“Free-agent QB Cam Newton is drawing interest, but also is remaining patient. ‘I have teams that are interested in signing me,’ Newton texted. ‘I am waiting on the best fit as it pertains to winning a championship and getting a fair chance to play,’” Schefter <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1508777483562369028?s=20&amp;t=AClsU-kYCZYpau6tnGGTug">posted</a> to Twitter.
Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to sports@dailywire.com.

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Cam Newton Takes Heat For Comments On Women: ‘You Don’t Know How To Allow A Man To Lead’

Carolina Panthers star quarterback Cam Newton found himself in the dead center of an outrage storm he helped create after making a dismissive comment to a female reporter that quickly got him hammered as &#8220;sexist&#8221; from all sides. After getting sidelined by sponsor Dannon, and publicly reprimanded by the NFL, Newton published a recorded apology. Though the superhuman athlete starts off the apology rather poorly, by the end of the video he manages to work in a couple of solid one-liners and a hint of the charm that&#8217;s made him popular among so many fans.
The whole &#8220;sexist&#8221; debacle began when Newton told the Charlotte Observer&#8216;s Jourdan Rodrigue that her question about route running was &#8220;funny&#8221; because it was coming from a woman. &#8220;It&#8217;s funny to hear a female talk about routes,&#8221; he said, according to A.J. Perez of USA Today.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s &#8216;funny&#8217; to be a female and talk about routes. I think it&#8217;s my job,&#8221; Rodrique posted on Twitter, adding that she spoke to Newton about the comment after the press conference, and chose not to print his response, because &#8220;it was worse.&#8221;
After being chided by the NFL and his team and losing a sponsor, Newtown posted his videotaped apology.
&#8220;After careful thought, I understand that my word choice was extremely degrading and disrespectful to women. And to be honest that was not my intentions,&#8221; he begins, in what starts off as an awkward and rote statement. &#8220;And if you are a person who took offense to what I said, I sincerely apologize to you.&#8221;
He then shifts to describing the man he tries to be, a slightly better segment of the still awkward apology.
&#8220;I&#8217;m a man who tries to be a positive role model in my community and tries to use my platform to inspire others,&#8221; he says. &#8220;And &#8230; I take ownership to everything that comes with that. And what I did was extremely unacceptable. I&#8217;m a father to two beautiful daughters, and at their age I try to instill in them that they can do and be anything that they want to be.&#8221;
The so far rather unconvincing statement then takes a more authentic and humorous turn when Newton all but admits that he&#8217;s apologizing because he&#8217;s rapidly losing sponsors and fans.
&#8220;The fact that during this process, I&#8217;ve already lost sponsors and countless fans, I realize that the joke is really on me,&#8221; admits Newton. &#8220;And I&#8217;ve learned a valuable lesson from this.&#8221;
Newton then urges his young fans not to be like him&#8230; &#8220;And to the young people who see this, I hope you learn something as well. Don&#8217;t be like me,&#8221; he says. &#8220;Be better than me.&#8221;
&#8220;And to the reporters and to the journalists, to the moms, super-moms,&#8221; he adds with a hint of a smile, &#8220;to the daughters, the sisters, and the women all around the world, I sincerely apologize and hope that you can find the kindness in your heart to forgive me. Thank you.&#8221;&#8203;
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After the story first broke, the Carolina Panthers released a team statement saying Newton expressed &#8220;regret&#8221; for his comment.
&#8220;I have spoken with Jourdan and Cam and I know they had a conversation where he expressed regret for using those words,&#8221; said the team. &#8220;We strive as a department to make the environment for media comfortable for everyone covering the team.&#8221;
The NFL issued its own statement strongly rebuking Newtown. &#8220;The comments are just plain wrong and disrespectful to the exceptional female reporters and all journalists who cover our league. They do not reflect the thinking of the league,&#8221; read the statement.

Cam Newton’s Apology For Sexist Remark Starts Bad But Then Gets Pretty Hilarious

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On Thursday, Carolina quarterback Cam Newton sounded off on San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick&#8217;s contentious decision to protest-sit during the playing of our national anthem since, according to the rich NFL star who was adopted by white parents at just weeks old, America is a racist, oppressive country against black and brown people.
When asked about the polarizing issue, Newton mostly remained neutral in his response, not condemning nor celebrating Kaepernick&#8217;s actions. But he also sent a message of racial harmony&#8211;which drew ire from leftists, of course.
&#8220;Who am I to say &#8216;Colin, you&#8217;re wrong&#8217;? And who am I to say &#8216;Bro, you&#8217;re right&#8217;? Because we all, you know, we all have the right to think whatever we wanna think. And I respect that by everybody,&#8221; Newton <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2016/09/01/cam-newton-wont-be-one-to-judge-colin-kaepernick-stance.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fsports+%28Internal+-+Sports+-+Mixed%29">told </a>ESPN (or MSNBC with footballs). 
Here&#8217;s where the pro-quarterback angered folks on the left: explaining that the color of our skin doesn&#8217;t, and shouldn&#8217;t divide us; we are all the &#8220;same color&#8221; under &#8220;one-eighth of an inch&#8221; of skin, he said. 
&#8220;How does one-eighth of an inch &#8212; something so small &#8212; be the difference in such a big [subject]?&#8221; asked Newton. &#8220;And that&#8217;s the thickness of our skin: one-eighth of an inch. And under that we&#8217;re all the same color. You know? And that&#8217;s the big picture.&#8221; 
&#8220;You know, a lot of scrutiny happens when athletes start talking about, you know, race, but the truth of the matter is we gotta do right by each other. No matter what color we are,&#8221; he added.
That inclusive message of racial harmony really ticked-off ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith.
Smith <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaSK8Ioe4UE">said </a>he &#8220;hated&#8221; Newton&#8217;s comments, characterizing them as &#8220;saying nothing&#8221; about the issue.
&#8220;When I watched this interview yesterday, I&#8217;m saying &#8216;one-eighth of an inch&#8217;&#8230;that&#8217;s your skin, the color of it? It doesn&#8217;t make sense?&#8221; he continued.
&#8220;That one-eighth of an inch, which is your skin, and the color of it, has been used as an excuse to minimize and deprecate and do everything that you can to keep a nation of people down,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Why not just say it?&#8221;
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He also posted to Twitter to condemn Newton one more time, for good measure. 
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I sorry. I&#8217;m so sorry. But I just had to go in on <a href="https://twitter.com/CameronNewton">@CameronNewton</a>. Just for today. Damnit! It just needed to be said: <a href="https://t.co/tsJpXIQ3iy">https://t.co/tsJpXIQ3iy</a>
&#8212; Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) <a href="https://twitter.com/stephenasmith/status/771417583711059968">September 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Other left-wing media types and Black Lives Matter supporters took to Twitter to savagely trash Newton, too. 
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Re: Cam Newton. To much is given, much is expected. As he matures, I hope Cam learn that his success requires him speak up for his people.
&#8212; Terrell J. Starr (@Russian_Starr) <a href="https://twitter.com/Russian_Starr/status/771474837386723330">September 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
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You know you doing bad when Stephen A. Smith understands the racial dynamic more than you, Cam Newton.<a href="https://t.co/HuiT4mq3ly">https://t.co/HuiT4mq3ly</a>
&#8212; Benjamin Dixon (@TheBpDShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheBpDShow/status/771483087507230720">September 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;We&#8217;re ALL the same color&#8230; (NOW)&#8221; &#8211; Cam Newton<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kaepernick?src=hash">#Kaepernick</a> <a href="https://t.co/tIzrF7TjrJ">pic.twitter.com/tIzrF7TjrJ</a>
&#8212; Pin Head (@PiercedSkull) <a href="https://twitter.com/PiercedSkull/status/771443717840527360">September 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
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hurts seeing cam newton cooning so hard cause he did a lot of positive things for the community and overcame a lot.
&#8212; Ahmed/Zaywop Stan (@big_business_) <a href="https://twitter.com/big_business_/status/771486456112033792">September 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Dear Cam Newton,
You cannot be Black/a POC and be &#8220;neutral&#8221; on race. Either <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash">#BlackLivesMatter</a> or they don&#8217;t.
&#8212; Kellye Beathea (@KellyeBaeBee) <a href="https://twitter.com/KellyeBaeBee/status/765667286740971520">August 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Cam Newton doesn&#8217;t see color?? I don&#8217;t trust people that don&#8217;t see color.
&#8212; mo(c)lifton. (@seabethree) <a href="https://twitter.com/seabethree/status/771446671783886848">September 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Fuck Cam newton, this brother is my fav QB now <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash">#BlackLivesMatter</a> <a href="https://t.co/stBv2PXp8O">https://t.co/stBv2PXp8O</a>
&#8212; a pushy proletariat (@moedoubleed) <a href="https://twitter.com/moedoubleed/status/770109864265781249">August 29, 2016</a></blockquote>
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