Cam Newton And Youth From QB’s Football Camp Have Argument Which Goes Viral

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2020 was not an easy year for former NFL MVP Cam Newton. He made the transition from playing in Carolina, the team that drafted him, to having a tough season for Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots.

Newton is now set to look for another football home in 2021, as he will be one of many free agents that hits the market in the middle of March.

At 31 years old, many think that Newton still has plenty of gas left in the tank, but last season was certainly his toughest as a pro. He threw for 2,657 yards, eight touchdowns and 10 interceptions with a QB rating of 82.9.

Over the years, Newton has always given back to the community, but over the weekend a video went viral that showed Newton getting into an argument with a youngster at his football camp.

The youngster appeared to have it in for Newton right away (which you have to wonder why he would even go to the camp other than for five minutes of fame), and kept yelling, “You a free agent.” The quarterback responded, “I’m rich.”

It went on from there, as the young attendee yelled, “You about to be poor.”

Here’s the video, which is getting all kinds of attention to start the work week:

While that is the video that is getting tons of play today, there is a second video showing that cooler heads eventually prevailed. Newton then tried to have a mature conversation with the youth about his intentions as well as demonstrate what his objective at the camp was.

Here’s that video As you can see, this video clearly takes on more of an adult nature as Newton takes control of the situation.

It’s unclear what the young man was trying to accomplish going after Newton. It may be that the two had some type of history (who knows in this day and age), or the youth may be a Patriots fan and he blames Newton for New England not making the playoffs.

Nevertheless, credit Newton for the way he handled the situation and even more so for going back to the youngster later on and trying to smooth things over.

UPDATE: The kid said sorry.

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Written by Matt Loede

Matt has been a part of the Cleveland Sports landscape working in the media since 1994 when he graduated from broadcasting school. His coverage beats include the Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Browns and Cleveland Cavaliers. He's written three books, and won the "2020 AP Sports Stringer Lifetime Service Award."

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    • You said it. Whether you’re a fan of Cam Newton or not you have to respect the way he’s always gone out and devoted his time to these kids at these camps. Some kid thinks he’s going to be funny by heckling him and then wants to act all bashful when he comes back to talk to him. I’m not a fan of Newton or anything, but he had the same problem that Brady did in NE. After Edelman went down he literally had no weapons at all and there’s not a lot you can do. They have NO TALENT at TE and aside from an aging Edelman in the slot they have no weapons outside. Either way Newton has had an amazing career in college and the pros so this kid looks ridiculous.

  2. That kid will be known for talking trash instead of producing anything on the field. This is a generational and cultural problem, from a young man who shows no respect to elders and people who have actually achieved something.

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