Athletes criticize Cam Newton for walking out of press conference

Cam Newton walked out of his press conference after just a few minutes at the podium, which led to much criticism from athletes on Twitter, who ripped him for his lack of maturity.

Cam Newton walked out of his Super Bowl postgame press conference after just a few minutes at the podium, which led to much criticism from athletes on Twitter who ripped him for his lack of maturity.

Here’s Newton, who was asked about his disappointment, and responded by simply saying “I’m done.”

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Afterwards, some current and former NFL players, as well as some basketball and baseball players piled on Newton.

Newton was 18 of 41 for 265 yards passing in the loss, with six carries for 45 yards.

– Kenny Ducey