There has never been anyone to which he can be compared – so said Cam Newton.  Ok, I will agree with him.

There have been quarterbacks who have done stupid things like steal laptops.

In past generations we were taught that stealing was wrong so all the blame does not go on Cam’s shoulders for being a thief.  He lives in a society based in moral relativism.

Throwing the laptop out of the dorm window was an interesting twist by Cam, but again, who didn’t do something stupid in college.  I jumped over a moving train one time.  (Of course, I hadn’t stolen the train nor was I hiding from the police.)

There have been other academic misfits among the ranks of quarterbacks.  Cam Newton transferred from Florida just before he had to face music on three counts of academic cheating.  But we have see this before – it is nothing new.  It is forgivable.  And it is not what sets Cam Newton apart.

Cam Newton is black and he would like to play that card in his smiling, pseudo-intelligent, pity-party soundbites.  Warren Moon was black.  Doug Williams was black.  Russel Wilson is black.  I think it’s fair to say that all three of these black quarterbacks were very talented, but your average white American had no ill-will towards these three unless his team was beating yours.

Cam Newton is a talented athlete, but we have seen talented athletes before.  Cam says that he can be compared to nobody, and I agree.

Americans like sportsmanship.  Americans appreciate talent, but we put a premium on sportsmanship.  We never hated Tiger Woods as a society until we found out he wasn’t being a good sport.  He was a killer on the course.  And he was black.  As long as he was a good sportsman, no problem.  He was not a good sport to his wife and family.  We turned our back on him.

Only Pistons fans like the bad boy Pistons.  Bad sportsmen.

Outside of Panther nation, why did we corporately love seeing Newton beat down.  Why did those of us who had never heard of Von Miller suddenly root for him to throw Cam to the ground?  Because Cam is black?  I think not.

Because Cam is a baby.

He sulked his way through much of the second half.  Sulked his way threw postgame.  This is not the first time.  He is infamous for his sulking.  We can deal with cocky and audacious as long as one is a good sportsman.  We dealt with Deion Sanders.  I was not a fan of his, but he was a sportsman.

I watched part of the game.  It is the first football game I’ve watched, college or pro, since 2012 and maybe I am just out of the loop.  I watched hundreds of games from the first snap to the final gun while I was a teenager during the 1990s.

Yesterday I saw something that I had never seen from an athlete.  It was at that point that I decided to take 5 minutes and write this little post.

It is the fourth quarter.  Carolina’s hopes are hanging by a thread.  Once again the ball is knocked out of Newton’s hands.  A scrum ensues.  The ball sits within a yard or two of Newton.  He is Carolina’s superman.  He is Carolina’s MVP.  He is the Carolina Panthers.  He takes a step towards the ball and then realizes that he will not be the only one diving for the ball.

Magic Johnson would have dived for the ball – you know he would have.

Michael Jordan would have dived for the ball – you know he would have.

Kobe Bryant would have dived for the ball – you know he would have.

Derek Jeter would have dived for the ball – you know he would have.

Tom Brady would have dived for the ball – you know he would have.

Russel Wilson would have dived for the ball – you know he would have.

In fact, this is why Cam Newton can be compared to no one.  He is the first super athlete that is not out there to win.  He is out there to make money only and look good doing it.

Cam Newton visibly stepped away from the ball sacrificing Carolina’s chance to win the Super Bowl.

This is why we enjoyed seeing him get beat down.  We couldn’t put our finger on it before.  We knew it wasn’t because he was black or that he was good or that he was a phenom.  It was because of this.  He is a talented, selfish pretty boy.

Americans aren’t big on those types – black or white.  We like good sportsmen.  We don’t mind change unless it undermines what makes us great.  We have had 7 years of that bogus change.  We are sick of it.

Don’t play the race card, Cam.  We would have enjoyed the beatdown you took if you were white as an albino.  We now know why we dislike you –  you betrayed your brothers in the trenches.  That’s who you are.  All about you.  If you want us to change our opinion, then make it about the Panthers and not Cam Newton.  The Panthers’ players and fans deserve better and America won’t accept anything less.