I mean I was born a Bills fan, and will always say GO BILLS first and foremost, but I live here now why not root for my home team too? But yeah TONS of attention on Carolina right now, and you can bet your ass the crowd at BOA when he starts in a few weeks is going to be INSANE.
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couldnāt care any lessā¦
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As a diehard Panthers fan Iām happy weāre going to try something different than Darnold at QB, but still have questions/concerns over the QB position. We only got Cam, to my knowledge, signed for the rest of this season + already picked up Darnoldās contract for next season. So we still have nothing settled at QB either way? Also, we donāt even know what type of Cam Newton weāre going to get? Didnāt look all too impressive in NE but I hope Iām wrongā¦
Same, Cam is full of himself. How long until his wardrobe becomes more important than his performance on the field.
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Iām sorry, but Cam put Carolinas on the map? What in the world? Not even just looking at sports. Arguably the biggest athlete superstar of the 20th century rocked Carolina blue, and even owned a pro team in Charlotte while Cam still lived in Alabama.
Did I say the Carolinas? I said Charlotte/Carolina. As in the Carolina Panthers LMAO. Some of yāall should go eat your morning cereal before coming on here with the attitude 
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You did say āCharlotte/ the Carolinasā If you simply meant Panthers, I donāt know why you didnāt say that.
Edit: Upon rereading, you used the initial wording first, and then āCharlotte/ Carolinaā second. So it was confusing if you meant them to mean completely separate things.
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He certainly was a superstar. I think at this point the sports world at large is happy heās with fans who like him and just hopes he retires before his whole brain turns into oatmeal. Dudeās taken some beatings.
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Anti Charlotte everything. Sports, city, will not even stop for gas there.
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Then, I know you gonna blow a gasket if they steal that ACC HQās 
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How many super bowls did Cam lead the to?
Same as Delhomme. Geaux Jake!
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Went to Canes game last night. Had fun, but $20 for parking with a long cold walk through gravel parking lot not ideal. Probably only a once or twice a year thing for me. As a downtown resident I would absolutely love a downtown stadium. The suburban guy would probably say the opposite.
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Between the immediate rush to leave the stadium area because thereās nothing to do, the ripoff parking prices, the total lack of public transit, and the hellacious rideshare waits, itās one of the worst pro sports access/egress situations in the country.
For a small-market NHL team that situation is hard to fathom.
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With you except the parking prices. For stadiums in other cities Iāve seen upwards of $50-70+ even when they have transit access.
But they need to figure out what theyāre going to do. If theyāre going to move downtown in 2029, fine. If not they really need to invest in that area mixed use wise because itās unacceptable for as great of a city and metro we are for our main stadium to be in a parking wasteland.
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I wonder why people keep saying this. Is it because he dresses flashy? Iāve never heard Cam say heās the best. He always gives credit to his team and he always take responsibility when he messes up 
Heās also one of the most genuine when it comes to charity for inner city kids.
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I feel like most of Camās critics think he has a big ego for one of two reasons:
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They confuse confidence with arrogance. Both can exist simultaneously, but are not necessarily indicative of each other. Oftentimes, you can only distinguish between the two if you know that individual personally.
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His cultural tastes and preferences are not akin to theirs. Itās easy to assume that someone who stands out from the crowd is doing so to draw attention to themselves, but thatās not always the case. Sometimes the goal is, instead, to draw attention to a culture or trend. Other times, it simply boils down to āI wear big hats because I like big hats.ā
Iām going to draw a weird parallel here. Remember when Lady Gaga started getting big and wore a bunch of crazy dresses and other outfits? I remember there being lots of criticism about the points she was trying to make with her wardrobe, but (correct me if Iām wrong) I really donāt remember anyone calling her arrogant for those things. Most people kind of just shrugged it off like āhaha weird, whatever, itās Lady Gaga,ā and, ultimately, we all sort of accepted it and moved on once we got past the initial shock factor. So what makes Cam any different? If he walks into a press conference with another big hat, why canāt we just say āhaha weird, whatever, itās Cam Newtonā?
I guess what Iām getting at is this: if heās not breaking any rules and other players who know him personally arenāt speaking poorly of him, why does everyone care so much? I think the dude just likes to have fun, which is, like, the point of sports.
Sidenote: not a Panthers fan, never will be, donāt try to convince me otherwise lol.
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I agree with this. Iām a Jets fan, so I have no dog in the fight, but I have a lot of friends who are Panthers fans and a majority donāt like Newton. I think itās a combination of the points youāve made, plus the fact that heās maybe the most physically gifted QB out there (or at least was) and wasnāt able to also become the QB with the most Super Bowl titles (or even get one.)
I personally have always liked Cam and obviously, Iād take him on the Jets any day lol.
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Cam caused a mini-scandal at his first Pro Bowl, where apparently some players took issue with his antics throughout the week. There is an consistency of some background noise stories involving Cam going back at least to Auburn. Whether they were amplified for nefarious reasons I do not know. But he has been a polarizing figure both on and off the field his entire career.
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