And, of course, paying a fine to a third party for doing something charitable doesn't count either. So, there's no charitable deduction for handing out a football, no matter how deserving the child nor how valuable the ball. Charitable donations to individuals do not qualify for a charitable deduction. That is, however, not enough for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). He's handed out a game ball to Colin Toler, who attended a game just weeks after his father died, and Braylon Beam, who's fighting cancer, just to name a couple. It's no secret that Newton singles out kids with special stories. If Newton really had been fined for handing those game balls out - and paying the resulting fine - it would not have resulted in a charitable contribution for him no matter how deserving the child might be. The meme that was circulating suggested that Cam's behavior was somehow charitable. Simply handing the ball to a fan? The NFL doesn't impose a penalty for that behavior. (You can read the entire NFL Rulebook here.) And, for safety reasons, a player is not allowed to throw or kick a football into the stands during a game. Prolonged or excessive celebrations are also prohibited per NFL rules. It's true that players can be penalized for hiding the ball or engaging in behavior that would delay the game. It's easy to see how the rumor got started. Newton actually does not get fined by the NFL for handing out those footballs. The meme suggests that Newton is fined $5,512 every time he hands a ball to a young fan in the stand but he does it anyway because he's reminded that he should "never take nothing for granted." It's a wonderful story. But I would just turn and nod to that and say, ‘That’s not the reason why I’m not in the NFL.Leading the top of the list of "Things that Cam Newton does that makes him amazing" is a claim, widely circulated on Facebook, that Newton has been fined more than $250,000 for giving away footballs to kids in the stands. “So, we can go tit for tat, tat for tit with it. “And the thing that is always mentioned is, ‘Cam, you scarin’ people the way you look.’ And I would say, yo, like I’m not gonna name names, but there’s other quarterbacks that’s in the league that don’t look like me, but they got long hair. “There was hints towards it,” he replied. Right now, where I’m at, it’s about embracing who I am.”Īnderson then asked Newton if he had specifically been told that his dreads have caused him to be blackballed. “But, yeah, people have hinted towards to say like, ‘Cam, we want you to go back to the 2015 clean-cut Cam. And I think that understanding is the reason why I’m able to kinda be fine. Where I’m at right now in my life-do I need the NFL? No. And whether I go back or not, I can always say I did it at a high level. This is one thing I do understand about my stance, especially with the NFL-it’s such a prestigious brotherhood, fraternity. Newton had this to say about his brimming dreadlocks: The franchise legend and free-agent quarterback was featured on Tuesday’s episode of Undefined with Josina Anderson, where he was asked by the league insider if he thinks his current hairstyle has kept him out of an NFL job. Cam Newton believes his hairstyle has ‘hindered’ chances at NFL job
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