Cam Newton’s Messy Breakup With The Panthers
The Lead
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🗓️ 1 April 2020
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
After months of speculation, the Carolina Panthers released longtime quarterback Cam Newton on March 24. While the move was expected by some, it still came as a shock to fans and the football world. And the whole separation itself was rather messy. After the Panthers announced they would allow Newton to seek a trade, Cam took to the comments on the team's Instagram page to give his side of the story. It was a far from elegant way to let go of a quarterback who is also a former MVP and considered by many to be an all-time great. Today, The Athletic's Jourdan Rodrigue joins us to discuss why the Carolina Panthers franchise QB was released so unceremoniously, what could be next for Superman, and why he has meant so much to the Carolina community.
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| 0:00.0 | After months and months of speculation, one of the NFL's all-time great Cubis was recently |
| 0:12.0 | let go in a rather shocking way. |
| 0:14.0 | The breaking news of the Panthers were going to let Cam Newton in fact seek a trade ending |
| 0:18.4 | his nine-year run in Carolina. |
| 0:20.1 | Cam Newton went to social media and said that he did not request a trade, but the Carolina |
| 0:25.7 | Panthers basically told them that it would be like this and he said this was put on him. |
| 0:31.7 | Today, the Athletics Jordan Roddrig joins us to discuss why the Carolina Panthers franchise |
| 0:36.9 | quarterback was released so unceremoniously what could be next for Superman and why he |
| 0:43.6 | has meant so much to the Carolina community. |
| 0:47.3 | They saw someone who played with joy, someone who played with more heart than almost anybody |
| 0:52.5 | out there on the field. |
| 0:53.9 | And I think he could do ingenious things. |
| 0:58.2 | From wondering on the Athletic, I'm Kavitha Davidson. |
| 1:00.7 | And I'm Anders Kulto. |
| 1:02.0 | It's Wednesday, April 1st and this is Sports Center. |
| 1:06.4 | April Fools, this is The Lead. |
| 1:08.4 | So bad. |
| 1:09.4 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:13.4 | There was just something about seeing a motion. |
| 1:16.4 | You gotta go faster, faster. |
| 1:17.4 | The days of the past don't matter because we've got this now. |
| 1:20.4 | I had never seen it. |
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