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Cam Newton's Irresponsible Behavior

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Yesterday afternoon Cam Newton expressed his opinion regarding how his situation. On their last game, the Denver Broncos abused Cam Newton. Most of the hits delivered by the Broncos defense were consider late and dangerous, yet again no calls were made. Newton brought to light a good point.

"My job is to win football games. My job is not to lobby for my health,"

If his job is to win games, then who is responsible for his health? Among the NFL protocols, there is a process design to manage such things as concussions. In Newton's case, this protocol was completely ignored and addressed in a very irresponsible manner. The NFL found a way to get away with it by getting Denver players fined. Are they the ones to blame? Around $100 million dollars

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