OT: Cam Newton tears down GB banner

[neuronet]

Cam Newton tears down Packers banner: 'Had to protect this house'

Newton is obviously a genius, because..."due diligence":

I feel it’s my due diligence to protect this house. It wasn’t just about tearing down a sign. It was respect.

Cam Newton has always been a whiny primadonna without a lot of light in his attic. The way he whined about the ref this year, for instance, that turned out to basically be BS. When I went to see Pats play in Charlotte it was all about him being the center of attention for the audience, with his stupid superman impressions. He really is a dbag.

If Brady had done this the NFL would have started a full investigation. Since it's Cam and nobody cares, the NFL doesn't care:
NFL: Cam Newton won't be disciplined for sign-snatching incident

Here is the sign he stole:

 

[Marinlik]

This is the dumbest thing ever. And I'm not talking about Cam. I'm talking about the guys with the sign. Just get over it. Keep your banner to your own stadium

 

[neuronet]

This is the dumbest thing ever. And I'm not talking about Cam. I'm talking about the guys with the sign. Just get over it. Keep your banner to your own stadium

Can't it be both?

 

[archstanton543]

This is the dumbest thing ever. And I'm not talking about Cam. I'm talking about the guys with the sign. Just get over it. Keep your banner to your own stadium

Green Bay fans that don't live in Wisconsin are going to have a tough time getting GB home game tickets.

 

[Kontradiction]

This is the dumbest thing ever. And I'm not talking about Cam. I'm talking about the guys with the sign. Just get over it. Keep your banner to your own stadium

As far as I know, there's no rule against hanging a sign at an opposing stadium. A non-offensive one at that. Professionals are, however, expected to act like professionals and not spoiled little hot dogs. That said, I don't have that big of a problem with this. I do, however, believe that Newton brings this criticism on himself.

 

[BTTA]

Keep your banner to your own stadium

This idea that stadiums become places where we give up Constitutional and legal rights in the name of fandom has never sat well with me. Fans of other teams are routinely assaulted in NFL away stadiums and NFL teams are rarely held accountable for a lack of security. If people are going to be encouraged to get drunk and have hyper aggressive behavior about a football team, and the NFL team is making a profit on it, then the NFL team needs to be held accountable for protecting all of their paying customers, not just the ones that they like.

 

[jah]

As far as I know, there's no rule against hanging a sign at an opposing stadium. A non-offensive one at that. Professionals are, however, expected to act like professionals and not spoiled little hot dogs. That said, I don't have that big of a problem with this. I do, however, believe that Newton brings this criticism on himself.

I read on a Packers forum that there actually is a rule against opposing signs at the Panthers stadium. Stupid though.

 

[memento]

I read on a Packers forum that there actually is a rule against opposing signs at the Panthers stadium. Stupid though.

And Cam Newton, as a Panthers employee, was qualified to confiscate it.

I enjoy the showmanship, but those Packer fans deserve to have their property restored.

 

[neuronet]

I read on a Packers forum that there actually is a rule against opposing signs at the Panthers stadium. Stupid though.

They claim to have gotten permission from the stadium to bring this particular banner to the stadium, and stadium officials haven't denied this.

Dobs said he and his family spent $3,800 on tickets for the game. The group included Dobs, his wife, his daughter and her husband, and his son Mike Jr., who is a specialist in the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg. Dobs said he has taken the banner to other games -- though none before in Charlotte -- and obtained permission from Panthers personnel at the stadium to hold up the banner.“We were on the front row, over there by the goalposts, and we wanted our grandkids to see us on TV,” Dobs said.

On the other hand we have

Panthers executive director of stadium operations Scott Paul said Monday night on the team's website the team will review its current policy on banners and flags. Paul said the banner was in compliance with stadium regulations even though the team policy is that no banners or flags expressing support of visiting teams may be affixed to or displayed on surface [sic].

So, we'll see.

Last quote is from recent story:
Panthers to replace Packer fan's banner that Newton took

 

[Marinlik]

This idea that stadiums become places where we give up Constitutional and legal rights in the name of fandom has never sat well with me. Fans of other teams are routinely assaulted in NFL away stadiums and NFL teams are rarely held accountable for a lack of security. If people are going to be encouraged to get drunk and have hyper aggressive behavior about a football team, and the NFL team is making a profit on it, then the NFL team needs to be held accountable for protecting all of their paying customers, not just the ones that they like.

What constitutional right? I don't think that there is anything in the constitution that says that you are allowed to write whatever you want on a banner and place it on a private property.

 

[varjao]

This idea that stadiums become places where we give up Constitutional and legal rights in the name of fandom has never sat well with me. Fans of other teams are routinely assaulted in NFL away stadiums and NFL teams are rarely held accountable for a lack of security. If people are going to be encouraged to get drunk and have hyper aggressive behavior about a football team, and the NFL team is making a profit on it, then the NFL team needs to be held accountable for protecting all of their paying customers, not just the ones that they like.

Exactly, otherwise it becomes a 3rd world soccer stadium, not a very enjoyable experience if you root for the other team and sometimes even for the home team if you wanna bring kids or senior citizens with you for the game.

The franchises should take punishment for their fans transgressing behavior and if this comes from a player is even worse. Cam seems to be a classic spoiled child, one straight punch in the mouth would teach him a valuable lesson or two.

 

[everlong]

They should be thankful they aren't Washington state Cheesehead fans or Doug Baldwin would have returned their banner though I doubt they would want it given the presence of a "foreign substance".

 

[archstanton543]

This idea that stadiums become places where we give up Constitutional and legal rights in the name of fandom has never sat well with me. Fans of other teams are routinely assaulted in NFL away stadiums and NFL teams are rarely held accountable for a lack of security. If people are going to be encouraged to get drunk and have hyper aggressive behavior about a football team, and the NFL team is making a profit on it, then the NFL team needs to be held accountable for protecting all of their paying customers, not just the ones that they like.

If you get beat up at a football game you can sue the team for damages.

 

[Fixit]

This idea that stadiums become places where we give up Constitutional and legal rights in the name of fandom has never sat well with me. Fans of other teams are routinely assaulted in NFL away stadiums and NFL teams are rarely held accountable for a lack of security. If people are going to be encouraged to get drunk and have hyper aggressive behavior about a football team, and the NFL team is making a profit on it, then the NFL team needs to be held accountable for protecting all of their paying customers, not just the ones that they like.

"I can do what I want because I paid for a ticket!"

 

[primetime]

This is a non-story. We'd be cheering it loudly if Gronk or Brady tore down a Jets banner in Foxboro.

Constitutional rights just protect you from the state. I don't remember any constitutional right that protects your freedom to not have Cam Newton tear away your dumb banner that you're splaying across an opposing team's stadium. Please stop appealing to the Constitution any time something happens you don't like.

Most of the other complaints, like fans being assaulted, have literally everything to do with heavy alcohol consumption and people being unable to control themselves. Unless Cam Newton was drunk (and, if he was, he should keep playing drunk because he's been really good this season), I don't see any connection.

 

[Froob]

I thought it was funny. Gave the guy a hell of a story.

 

[Charlotte Pats Fan]

What constitutional right? I don't think that there is anything in the constitution that says that you are allowed to write whatever you want on a banner and place it on a private property.

Is it still private property when you the Taxpayers of Charlotte ponied up $144 million for renovations in the last couple years? Last week they couldn't stop 2 morons from rappelling from 3rd deck and raising a banner.

 

[shmessy]

What constitutional right? I don't think that there is anything in the constitution that says that you are allowed to write whatever you want on a banner and place it on a private property.

Doesn't look so "private" to me.

Carolina Panthers rule out more public cash for stadium

 

[borg]

If Gronk ripped down a JESTs banner hanging behind the end zone at Gillette, not only would the in-house fans go nuts........Kraft Productions would run this video loop at every home game for eternity.
Good for Newton.....a signature move.

 

[primetime]

Is it still private property when you the Taxpayers of Charlotte ponied up $144 million for renovations in the last couple years? Last week they couldn't stop 2 morons from rappelling from 3rd deck and raising a banner.

Doesn't look so "private" to me.

Carolina Panthers rule out more public cash for stadium

That's the fault of idiotic governors and mayors who elect to use the money to build these giant vanity projects rather than, you know, schools or roads. Not that the bourgeois state using public money to promote private profit is anything new.