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Cam Newton loses Dannon deal for saying: ‘It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes’ and the reporter apologizes, too
« on: October 05, 2017, 06:54:12 pm »
Cindy Boren and Des Bieler
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October 5, 2017

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Cam Newton is taking a lot of heat — with good reason — for a sexist remark he made to a reporter Wednesday during his weekly media session and it has cost him one national endorsement deal. And in an odd development Thursday, the reporter involved apologized for what she called “offensive tweets from my Twitter account 4/5 years ago.”

Jourdan Rodrigue of the Charlotte Observer asked Newton this question: “I know you take a lot of pride in seeing your receivers play well. Devin Funchess has seemed to really embrace the physicality of his routes and getting those extra yards. Does that give you a little bit of enjoyment to see him kind of truck-sticking people out there?”

As soon as Rodrigue said the word “routes,” Newton began to smirk. The 28-year-old quarterback, in his seventh season with the Panthers, then told the assembled media, “It’s funny to hear a female talk about ‘routes.’” ...

On Thursday morning, old tweets by Rodrigue surfaced and she issued an apology...

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Re: Cam Newton loses Dannon deal for saying: ‘It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes’ and the reporter apologizes, too
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2017, 07:07:40 pm »
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Re: Cam Newton loses Dannon deal for saying: ‘It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes’ and the reporter apologizes, too
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2017, 07:12:17 pm »
"routes"?   I don't understand.   :shrug:
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Re: Cam Newton loses Dannon deal for saying: ‘It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes’ and the reporter apologizes, too
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2017, 07:26:05 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on October 05, 2017, 07:12:17 pm
"routes"?   I don't understand.   :shrug:

Neither do I.  Hopefully somebody can come along and explain it?
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Re: Cam Newton loses Dannon deal for saying: ‘It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes’ and the reporter apologizes, too
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2017, 07:44:13 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on October 05, 2017, 07:26:05 pm
Neither do I.  Hopefully somebody can come along and explain it?

Shirley, you can't be serious.  @Cyber Liberty    ^-^

Ya think all receivers just run like hell toward the opponents' end and 'hope' the ball comes to them?   As in a "Hail Mary" pass?\

"Routes" are even used in street football..., as in "deke the defender at the white Plymouth and get ready for the ball at the manhole cover".   
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Re: Cam Newton loses Dannon deal for saying: ‘It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes’ and the reporter apologizes, too
« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2017, 07:47:28 pm »
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Shirley, you can't be serious.  @Cyber Liberty    ^-^

Ya think all receivers just run like hell toward the opponents' end and 'hope' the ball comes to them?   As in a "Hail Mary" pass?\

"Routes" are even used in street football..., as in "deke the defender at the white Plymouth and get ready for the ball at the manhole cover".

I guess I wasn't clear.  Why would it be amusing to hear a female say it?  Shirley.
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Re: Cam Newton loses Dannon deal for saying: ‘It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes’ and the reporter apologizes, too
« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2017, 07:52:58 pm »
Sometimes it's good to be ignorant of all the dirty talk the boys use in the locker room.   :shrug:

I have NO idea why a female's talking about "routes" is funny, nor why poor Cam doesn't know that lots of women understand football.

The whole thing is just weird, if you ask me......
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Re: Cam Newton loses Dannon deal for saying: ‘It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes’ and the reporter apologizes, too
« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2017, 07:53:37 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on October 05, 2017, 07:47:28 pm
I guess I wasn't clear.  Why would it be amusing to hear a female say it?  Shirley.

Yeah, Shirley, why?
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Re: Cam Newton loses Dannon deal for saying: ‘It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes’ and the reporter apologizes, too
« Reply #8 on: October 05, 2017, 07:57:16 pm »
Because women are stereo-typically supposed to have a poor sense of direction, I assume.
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Re: Cam Newton loses Dannon deal for saying: ‘It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes’ and the reporter apologizes, too
« Reply #9 on: October 05, 2017, 08:08:39 pm »
Quote from: Polly Ticks on October 05, 2017, 07:57:16 pm
Because women are stereo-typically supposed to have a poor sense of direction, I assume.

Maybe they don't know how to run a button-hook?
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Re: Cam Newton loses Dannon deal for saying: ‘It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes’ and the reporter apologizes, too
« Reply #10 on: October 05, 2017, 08:13:43 pm »
Quote from: Polly Ticks on October 05, 2017, 07:57:16 pm
Because women are stereo-typically supposed to have a poor sense of direction, I assume.

Ah.  Could be.  Mrs. Liberty got lost when she was running errands while I was getting my teeth cleaned the other day, and she got lost going to Home Despot.  It was all of a half-mile away from the Dentist office.

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Re: Cam Newton loses Dannon deal for saying: ‘It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes’ and the reporter apologizes, too
« Reply #11 on: October 05, 2017, 08:16:25 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on October 05, 2017, 08:08:39 pm
Maybe they don't know how to run a button-hook?

Maybe some of them.  This one does.   ^-^
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Re: Cam Newton loses Dannon deal for saying: ‘It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes’ and the reporter apologizes, too
« Reply #12 on: October 05, 2017, 08:18:49 pm »
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Maybe some of them.  This one does.   ^-^

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Re: Cam Newton loses Dannon deal for saying: ‘It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes’ and the reporter apologizes, too
« Reply #13 on: October 05, 2017, 09:05:31 pm »
Quote from: Polly Ticks on October 05, 2017, 07:57:16 pm
Because women are stereo-typically supposed to have a poor sense of direction, I assume.

I have an excellent sense of direction from years of navigating trips and the experience of being a choral director who has to be able to think backwards in order to get my choirs to be able to process and end up in the right spots on the platform.  :dx1:

I'm not fond of stereotypes, since I don't fit a single one of them.....
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Re: Cam Newton loses Dannon deal for saying: ‘It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes’ and the reporter apologizes, too
« Reply #14 on: October 05, 2017, 11:00:18 pm »
Newton is a donkey's rear end.
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Re: Cam Newton loses Dannon deal for saying: ‘It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes’ and the reporter apologizes, too
« Reply #15 on: October 05, 2017, 11:08:06 pm »
Obviously Dannon did this because of this idiots Black Power salute....

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Re: Cam Newton loses Dannon deal for saying: ‘It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes’ and the reporter apologizes, too
« Reply #16 on: October 05, 2017, 11:10:18 pm »
Dannon gives Cam the shaft?
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Re: Cam Newton loses Dannon deal for saying: ‘It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes’ and the reporter apologizes, too
« Reply #17 on: October 05, 2017, 11:25:23 pm »
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To all of you on this thread:

Is that it - that women don't have a good sense of direction?  If that is the point, that football player had me in mind.  I can do a lot of things, and I am  smart, but I can get lost fast - I have been driving and get lost and go into a real panic and I mean a real panic.  I have this strong desire to stop the car, get out and walk away - it is that bad.  I know my familiar streets to do regular shopping, but out on a freeway, away from my familiar surroundings, I freak out.  It is a severe disability and I have been that way all my life.  I grew up in a small community and knew my way around, but put me in a city, and I am lost.

Of course, Bob knows this and threatens to put me out of the car all the time to see if I can find my way home.  I tell him I keep extra money in my purse so if he puts me out, I will walk to the nearest motel/hotel and he can come get me.  I hate to be this way but it is a reality I have to deal with.  Unless I know exactly how to get somewhere, I'm not going.

Anyone else have this problem?
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Re: Cam Newton loses Dannon deal for saying: ‘It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes’ and the reporter apologizes, too
« Reply #18 on: October 05, 2017, 11:28:57 pm »
If he's laughing because women don't know anything about football, he'd better not come to my house during a football game. At least 10 times per game, I'll make a comment about a play, coverage, blown tackle, penalty, whatever - and one of the TV guys will say the exact same thing about 3 seconds later. It always makes Mr. M laugh, but I think the networks are spying on us.  :pondering:

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Re: Cam Newton loses Dannon deal for saying: ‘It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes’ and the reporter apologizes, too
« Reply #19 on: October 05, 2017, 11:37:31 pm »
Quote from: Polly Ticks on October 05, 2017, 07:57:16 pm
Because women are stereo-typically supposed to have a poor sense of direction, I assume.

I like that take.   :beer:
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Re: Cam Newton loses Dannon deal for saying: ‘It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes’ and the reporter apologizes, too
« Reply #20 on: October 05, 2017, 11:38:59 pm »
Observations:
  • Cam Newton temporarily forgot that women reporters have been allowed in the locker room for a half century.
  • Reporter Jourdan Rodrigue overreacted to Cam Newton's stupid comment.
  • Dannon overreacted by pulling Cam Newton's endorsement.
  • Everyone has overacted.

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Re: Cam Newton loses Dannon deal for saying: ‘It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes’ and the reporter apologizes, too
« Reply #21 on: October 05, 2017, 11:45:31 pm »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on October 05, 2017, 11:08:06 pm
Obviously Dannon did this because of this idiots Black Power salute....



Got to be. 

But personally, I didn't see anything wrong with the audio.   The video must change the context of his words.  It would be weird to sit down with an attractive woman who talks about running "routes" and striving for those extra yards, etc..

I can't see the outrage proportionate to the 'insult'.   So Dannon has other motives.

BTW....has anyone noticed the Chobani commercial advertising their "Greek-free" yogurt?   Their response to the boycott against them.   ^-^
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Re: Cam Newton loses Dannon deal for saying: ‘It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes’ and the reporter apologizes, too
« Reply #22 on: October 05, 2017, 11:46:30 pm »
Quote from: Machiavelli on October 05, 2017, 11:38:59 pm
Observations:
  • Cam Newton temporarily forgot that women reporters have been allowed in the locker room for a half century.
  • Reporter Jourdan Rodrigue overreacted to Cam Newton's stupid comment.
  • Dannon overreacted by pulling Cam Newton's endorsement.
  • Everyone has overacted.

How much of that was brought on by the stress caused by the actions of Mr. Newton, as demonstrated by the picture several posts upthread?
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Re: Cam Newton loses Dannon deal for saying: ‘It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes’ and the reporter apologizes, too
« Reply #23 on: October 06, 2017, 12:05:24 am »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on October 05, 2017, 11:46:30 pm
How much of that was brought on by the stress caused by the actions of Mr. Newton, as demonstrated by the picture several posts upthread?

I was not aware of the black power salute.
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Re: Cam Newton loses Dannon deal for saying: ‘It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes’ and the reporter apologizes, too
« Reply #24 on: October 06, 2017, 02:34:52 am »
Quote from: Victoria33 on October 05, 2017, 11:25:23 pm
@mystery-ak
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To all of you on this thread:

Is that it - that women don't have a good sense of direction?  If that is the point, that football player had me in mind.  I can do a lot of things, and I am  smart, but I can get lost fast - I have been driving and get lost and go into a real panic and I mean a real panic.  I have this strong desire to stop the car, get out and walk away - it is that bad.  I know my familiar streets to do regular shopping, but out on a freeway, away from my familiar surroundings, I freak out.  It is a severe disability and I have been that way all my life.  I grew up in a small community and knew my way around, but put me in a city, and I am lost.

Of course, Bob knows this and threatens to put me out of the car all the time to see if I can find my way home.  I tell him I keep extra money in my purse so if he puts me out, I will walk to the nearest motel/hotel and he can come get me.  I hate to be this way but it is a reality I have to deal with.  Unless I know exactly how to get somewhere, I'm not going.

Anyone else have this problem?

Why, yes, I do.  However, I have 2 GPSs and no longer worry about getting lost.   ^-^
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