Cam Newton is never one to shy away from controversy or a controversial topic. On his latest episode of his YouTube show 4th & 1, Newton tackled the topic of whether or not minorities are getting a fair share of certain broadcasting opportunities.
Newton and co-host Omari Collins brought up some of the contract numbers for certain top NFL and college football broadcasters. Newton said, “The truth is, when I see a guy like Tom Brady signs a 10-year contract worth $375 million dollars, Greg Olsen $3 million contract annually as a commentator, Tony Romo, 10 years $180 million, Troy Aikman, $18.5 million contract annually. And then you drop off to Ryan Clark with $2 million annually.” Newton said he is not saying any of them do not deserve the contracts they have been given.
He added, “I’m always gonna tell Tom Brady, Tony Romo, Greg Olsen, Troy Aikman, Matt Ryan to go get the bag. From one former player to another former player. I’m not hating on that. What I am doing is saying, how in the world are they the only ones that’s getting access to these types of contracts? Because somebody told me, they say, ‘Well, you don’t get these contracts because you’re not polished yet.’ What type of media training did Tony Romo have before he just popped up and started commentating the game? As the number one guy. And he does a damn good job. Tom Brady, same thing.”
Collins said, “They skipped the line of a lot of people.”
“That is my point,” Newton said. “How can we get other minorities to skip the line, too? Because we all know ball. We all can speak on our perspective of what we feel this place should be or analyze what the play was.”
Newton said he has tried to be his authentic self in his media endeavors and that he uses his platform to “deliver the truth, my way.”
