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Will the Panthers receive punishment for alternative facts?


Cookie Lyon

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On Dec. 14, Newton spoke to media and shrugged off his limitations in practice, and that it was “nothing to be scary about.”

On Dec. 15, head coach Ron Rivera confirmed in his press conference that Newton had an MRI and that it came back clean.

The team’s report on Tuesday contradicts that statement, stating that the MRI revealed the partial tear.

 

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article139879753.html

 

Why did Rivera lie about the MRI results?

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Idk, but if they were gonna lie, then why not lie again to avoid being punished?  Like, say it developed over time and needs to be addressed now.  Smh...

If i'm not mistaken, the Pats lost a draft pick not too long ago for fudging injury reports, but there has been plenty of other cases before where i dont recall a team being punished for hiding an injury(Phillip Rivers torn ACL in the playoffs for example).  We're the Panthers though, so i don't like the timing of this.

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5 minutes ago, truthjuice said:

I don't think they'll be punished but they should def be regretting it. Cam shrugged it off as expected. I don't think anyone expected him to say "yeah it's a torn cuff but I'm gonna play!" Ron should've made the call for him not to. 

I think Ron tried to get him to sit. It's sort of trouble that he failed to do so. I hope it doesn't lead to anything in the future.

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4 minutes ago, The Lobo said:

I think Ron tried to get him to sit. It's sort of trouble that he failed to do so. I hope it doesn't lead to anything in the future.

True, very true. Ron technically doesn't have to "try" to get him to do anything, he tells him he's not playing and leave it at that. The fact that he didn't though..

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27 minutes ago, truthjuice said:

True, very true. Ron technically doesn't have to "try" to get him to do anything, he tells him he's not playing and leave it at that. The fact that he didn't though..

I hope it isn't a Cam is a "diva" thing where he doesn't take orders from a coach. There was something last month about Dorsey and Shula being cams "yes" men. Sort of like management won't do stuff to make cam mad. In all of cams career I've never got that impression. Cam seems like a team first kind of guy. I just hope none of this is true.

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