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Cam Newton thinks female reporter talking routes is 'funny'

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by MeanGreenATO, Oct 4, 2017.

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  1. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    TBH, the shit ‘bout writes itself.
     
    doctorquant, Oct 27, 2017
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  2. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    So? He and others recognized his skill, developed it and now he's one of the Top 10 best-paid athletes in the world. Good for him.

    But, you know, if he doesn't want to play along and pretend to be interested in answering a reporter's question and make him feel good about himself, perhaps the Panthers should fire him? After all, we can't have the prisoners running the prison, right?
     
    cranberry, Oct 27, 2017
    #446
  3. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    With whom are you arguing?
     
    doctorquant, Oct 27, 2017
    #447
  4. Doc Holliday

    Doc Holliday Well-Known Member

    You must work with shitty reporters then because all the good ones I know are obsessive.
     
    Doc Holliday, Oct 27, 2017
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  5. SportsGuyBCK

    SportsGuyBCK Active Member

    SportsGuyBCK, Oct 27, 2017
    #449
  6. QYFW

    QYFW Well-Known Member

    What was his beef with the national media after the Super Bowl?
     
    QYFW, Oct 27, 2017
    #450
  7. TyWebb

    TyWebb Well-Known Member

    They asked about the Super Bowl.
     
    TyWebb, Oct 27, 2017
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  8. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    Had nothing do with the media. The best day of his football life had turned into a nightmare just a little while before and he probably wasn't ready to relive it just yet. I notice Carolina didn't fire him after that bad press conference performance, either.
     
    cranberry, Oct 27, 2017
    #452
  9. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    The Panthers should have. What the hell's he think he is ... something special? Shit, they're lined up on the street. Dime a dozen.
     
    doctorquant, Oct 27, 2017
    #453
  10. QYFW

    QYFW Well-Known Member

    I thought you didn't like whiners.
     
    QYFW, Oct 27, 2017
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  11. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    Eh, $60 million of the contract he had signed just months before was guaranteed. No sense firing someone you gotta pay anyway.
     
    BTExpress, Oct 27, 2017
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  12. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I agree with the general sentiment that Cam Newton has a ton of leverage -- something I find obvious. Whatever makes him a great player. ... the genetic lottery, hard work or some combination of the two. ... when you offer something that is highly in demand that few, if any others, can deliver as well ... you have leverage to get things YOU want. There is likely going to be someone willing to pay you more and allow you a different set of work rules, etc. because of what you uniquely deliver.

    As a general proposition, the NFL needs and wants its players to be media friendly, because that is a tool the league has used successfully to drive fan interest. ... and that interest translates to ticket sales, merchandising, TV money and other types of revenue.

    But in the case of Cam Newton, unlike for many other players, he can get away with NOT playing along, because he has more leverage than most players. So he gets to be a pain in the ass to a degree. ... up to the point that whatever negatives he brings with him offset his value as a player.

    This is also precisely why Colin Kaepernick is out of a job. He didn't have the kind of leverage that Cam Newton has. So when he created a controversy and a PR headache that threatened revenues, his value as a player wasn't great enough to offset the negative.

    One is an example of someone successfully utilizing his leverage, and the other is an example of someone without enough leverage overplaying his hand.
     
    The Big Ragu, Oct 27, 2017
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