Cam Newton Apologizes For 7v7 Brawl, Could’ve Been Worse

Cam Newton is lastly talking out about his viral violent altercation at a 7v7 youth soccer match … holding himself accountable and admitting issues by no means ought to have turned bodily.

The previous NFL MVP addressed the elephant within the room on his ‘4th and 1’ podcast on Friday … and he backs up what High Shelf Efficiency coaches TJ and Steph Brown said earlier this week — all of it stemmed from some trash discuss.

Cam claims either side exchanged triggering phrases previous to the scuffle … however he is proudly owning as much as the very fact he should not have put himself in that place to start with.

“There’s no excuse,” the previous Panthers star mentioned. “It’s really not, ’cause it could’ve been a melee, more violence could’ve stemmed from that and it’s just not called for. And on top of that, it’s echoing something that’s been permeating for years — black people. Why it gotta be at a black event? You know what I’m saying? And I can easily play the victim and I’m not going to do that.”

Cam understands the gravity of the scenario … and is grateful issues didn’t get extra critical.

In the end, Cam mentioned he wants to make use of his platform to have a constructive affect on the following wave of athletes.

“I have to use my power to empower the next generation,” he added. “That’s all I wanna do. I wanna use what I’ve been through as information to change the narrative because to be honest, these are a lot of children’s way out of their situation.”

“They don’t have lawyers to look up to. They don’t have counselors to look up to. They see street n****s, they see people who are rapping and they see athletes as people that they look up to.”

As we beforehand reported, Cam and the Browns — who used to teach with the QB — acquired into the physical altercation in the course of the 7v7 youth soccer match in Atlanta on Sunday.