Marshall Faulk: Cam Newton Should Not Have Walked Off On Media

One of the biggest topics of discussion after the Super Bowl was Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton walking out on the media after the loss to the Denver Broncos. A lot of the media has had an issue with this as it showed unprofessionalism as well as him being a poor sport.

Marshall Faulk, the former Rams star, said Newton would learn from is actions during the NFL Network postgame coverage.

"“I’ve been on that podium in that very same seat,” Faulk said, reflecting on a Super Bowl loss as a player with the Rams. “It’s tough. It’s hard. When I look back at how I handled it, I promised to never be that person again. And Cam is gonna learn from this. Not just as a person, but definitely as a athlete. For some people, just like me, just like Cam, losing is hard. You can talk to whoever you want to, but until you’ve lost this game and sat on that stage and you had those feelings in you, you have no idea how it feels to get peppered with questions about how you played, how your team played and what woulda, coulda, shoulda. Talking to Cam does no good right now. When Cam watches this, he’s gonna learn from it. ’m not saying (what he did) is right, Yes that immaturity, but it’s new for him because he hasn’t been through this. When he watches the film and sees the reaction of what it looks like, he’s going to learn from this, but right now, the hurt, he does not know what to do.”"

The next day Newton addressed the media saying, “Show me a good loser and I’ll show you a loser. If I offended anyone, that’s cool … I don’t have to conform to anybody’s wants for me. I’m not that guy. This is a great league with or without me. I am my own person.”

This has been quite the saga after the Super Bowl and instead of talking about the game, the media has been left to talk about this. While it is unfair for players of the losing team to have to stand in front of the media after the lose possibly the biggest game of their career, it is something that the players have to do and something hundreds of players before Newton have done.

Newton will certainly learn from this and hopefully handle the situation better in the future. Given that he’s still young, he can hope this won’t be his only Super Bowl appearance.