I do agree with a lot of your sentiments. Clausen, Tebow, Stafford, and other 1st Round white QBs have all kinds of tatoos and stuff on their bodies yet, they were made the faces of their franchises. Yes, Cams’ skin color is not the issue with Carolina however, it is and always be the issue in the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NCAA.

Look at how many black assistant coaches are very qualified to be head coaches in the NFL then, look at how many black head coaches are in the NFL.

Example:

Tony Dungy was hired in 96 to turn the Bucs franchise around and he did;(they made the playoffs 4 of the 5 years he was there after his initial hiring by the Glazer family). They miss the playoffs in 91 and Gruden is hired; who takes them to and wins a Super Bowl.

Example:

Tavaris Jackson had the ability to lead the Vikings yet, he was shoved under the bus off and on until they traded for McNabb. Not that Donavan can’t lead an NFL team (he took Philly to the NFC Chanpionship 4 years in a row and to the Super Bowl).

I just think that a lot of black QBs (past & present) do not have the right teachers in place to “teach the game of football”, as there should be. it’s all about and always will be about the $$$$$$$$$$$.

A lot of black QBs have the same and more intangiables that their white counterparts have however, the old “buggaboo racial” stereotypical profiling will continue as long as the NFL & team owners see their bank books overflowing; whether its a black or white QB leading their teams.

I’ll give another example that’s often overlooked, forgotten, and/or ignored:

*** Allen Iverson ***
John Thompson recruited him; despite his off the field behaviors & incidents. Why? Because in spite of himself, Allen was very smart in rising above what the media, NBA, its team owners, and even other players were saying about him; he just kept putting up big numbers and wowing crowds with his basketball skills; in turn, this kept the NBA owners’ bank books swelling.

Although, I disagree with some of his public approaches on certain issues as a black man; Allen Iverson wasn’t afraid to speak his mind, speak his value & belief system regarding the overall administartive/financial/legal infrastructure of the NBA (from the Commissioner down to the team water boy).

So all in all, black professional athletes do have the intelligence,work ethic, leadership abiliies, integrity, and athletic skills to run any NFL, NBA, MLB, and/or other professional sports franchise; just as some of their white counterparts do; white America still refuses to acknowledge and accept this as REALITY & FACT because, a lot of past/present pro black athletes refuse to bow down to the “establishment” in order to sound “politically correct” and/or be accepted by white society!!!

I hear the praise constantly, more from other races here at my job than blacks, about ALL black athletes in ALL sports.

So, the bottom line is $$$$$, regardless whether an athlete is black, white, asian, etc. etc. etc. Yet, the only difference in this dynamic still is RACE; when it comes to the High School, College, or Professional Black Athlete.

What about Aaron Brooks? His cousin, Michael Vick? Steve McNair?
And, those are just the ones I readily KNOW – I don’t KNOW a whole lot of QBs, other than my team (the Saints).

Personally, I’m not Cam Newton’s fan, b/c I don’t believe a QB should run enough to actually post running numbers in a game. I feel it shows a “look at me” attitude, shows a lack of faith in your RBs, TEs, WRs. But, that’s a personal opinion on the job of a QB. His skin color has nuttin to do with it!