When did Cam first give the ball to a kid?

[Cary Kollins]

Seems to me like he's been doing it forever. What say you? Anyone know when the first ball was handed out?

[t96]

Been a lot of posts about this. Pretty sure it was around Christmas time in 2012 at the suggestions of QB coach, Mike Shula...

[Cary Kollins]

11 minutes ago, thomas96 said:

Been a lot of posts about this. Pretty sure it was around Christmas time in 2012 at the suggestions of QB coach, Mike Shula...

The Bucs game, sounds familiar.

 

edit: yep, found it. It was his rookie year. At the 1:06 mark

 

 

 

 

[whatever]

Wasn't this the time that Lafell got mad at him for giving the ball away? He'd already given several away when this happened.

[Arroz con Panther]

34 minutes ago, whatever said:

Wasn't this the time that Lafell got mad at him for giving the ball away? He'd already given several away when this happened.

I don't remember hearing about this (or at least I don't think I do.)  Care to enlighten?

[Montsta]

38 minutes ago, whatever said:

Wasn't this the time that Lafell got mad at him for giving the ball away? He'd already given several away when this happened.

I remember that as well. LaFell wanted to keep a ball but Cam made him give it away. I don't recall the significance of it (it wasn't his first TD or anything), but Cam was like naw go give it away.

 

Which makes me wonder. What balls will be kept during the SB, and which ones will be given away. Will Cam keep his first SB TD ball, or give it away? Same goes with all the other guys. I'm actually quite interested to find out. 

[wud35]

2 hours ago, Montsta said:

I remember that as well. LaFell wanted to keep a ball but Cam made him give it away. I don't recall the significance of it (it wasn't his first TD or anything), but Cam was like naw go give it away.

 

Which makes me wonder. What balls will be kept during the SB, and which ones will be given away. Will Cam keep his first SB TD ball, or give it away? Same goes with all the other guys. I'm actually quite interested to find out. 

I see Cam giving his balls away, wouldn't think bad of anyone that didn't. 

[KendrickPanther]

3 hours ago, Montsta said:

I remember that as well. LaFell wanted to keep a ball but Cam made him give it away. I don't recall the significance of it (it wasn't his first TD or anything), but Cam was like naw go give it away.

 

Which makes me wonder. What balls will be kept during the SB, and which ones will be given away. Will Cam keep his first SB TD ball, or give it away? Same goes with all the other guys. I'm actually quite interested to find out. 

Pretty sure it was the longest touchdown pass in the history of the Panthers. 

 

I do think he was giving balls away before that Bucs game in 2011 though. I remember the Panthers opened up minicamp to the public in off season 2012. We got to see rookie Luke Kuechly intercept Cam Newton and take it to the house with Cam running him down. Every time the offense scored in that minicamp they threw the balls into the stands.

[RoaringRiot]

Didn't Shula recommend he start giving the balls away because Cam was immediately getting such a bad rap for being a cocky rookie? Don't remember the exact details but it definitely was something like that 

[GhostP.]

Sad things is he's been doing this since he was a rookie and it's taken 5 YEARS for the media to finally notice. They'd much rather talk about his lack of accuracy, his "maturation" (tired of hearing that btw), or showing pics of his outfit during his press conference. 

Would be nice having an experienced writer with more ambition to put our players in positive light unlike most of the ones we have to endure with.

[Skydivingcows]

18 hours ago, Montsta said:

Which makes me wonder. What balls will be kept during the SB, and which ones will be given away. Will Cam keep his first SB TD ball, or give it away? Same goes with all the other guys. I'm actually quite interested to find out. 

I can't blame him or the players either way.  You don't get many of these but it would make a great story to the fan he gives it to and media.  there's two other options in play as well.  The NFL may want to keep it for Canton, it is Super Bowl 50 afterall, or perhaps the Panthers keep it and auctions them all off while giving the proceeds to charity.  I'm pretty interested to see this as well.  I'm hoping I don't have to wait long to find out.

[CRA]

18 hours ago, Montsta said:

I remember that as well. LaFell wanted to keep a ball but Cam made him give it away. I don't recall the significance of it (it wasn't his first TD or anything), but Cam was like naw go give it away.

 

Which makes me wonder. What balls will be kept during the SB, and which ones will be given away. Will Cam keep his first SB TD ball, or give it away? Same goes with all the other guys. I'm actually quite interested to find out. 

I think there was audio....I think it was both of their longest TD of their careers.

Cam gave away the ball that tied Steve Young.  Gave away the ones after it.  Not sure he cares about balls.

[tukafan21]

I'm not sure when it started exactly, but in sure he was doing it his rookie year because I remember he gave away a record setting ball that they then had to get back from the fan and give them something else.

Think it was the TD ball from rushing record for a QB that he gave away

[GRWatcher]

He didn't argue with Funchess when Funchess wanted to keep his 1st TD ball. And I don't see him wrestling Luke for his lol. It's something he likes to do but he's not maniac about it either.