Cam Newton can't even have a kid without stirring controversy in North Carolina.
The Panthers QB -- who finished the regular season as the consensus pick for NFL MVP -- welcomed the birth of his son during the holiday season. Not everyone was willing to shower both he and his girlfriend with congratulations, though.
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The Charlotte Observer posted letters to the editor that carried a negative tone to say the least.
"So the man whom we celebrate, and with good reason, has produced a son. Congratulations would be in order if he had been man enough to marry the mother of his child and make a home," one reader wrote, per Oregon Live. "This happy occasion is blighted when Cam, whose own parents were married, skips the very basis of being a good parent."
"I am just very sorry and very disappointed."
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The incessant judgement didn't end there.
"It is amazing that the birth of Cam Newton's son by his girlfriend is a front-page story," another writer wrote. "The U.S. is seeing a rise in unmarried births and for the media to flash this as the greatest happening for Cam Newton is contrary to today's family principles.
"Cam is a role model to many of our young males, both white and black. The least that he and his longtime girlfriend could have done is to get married prior to giving birth to show his followers that not only is he a superstar, but also a person with high morals."
Apparently marriage -- the thing that doesn't end well 45-50 percent of the time, per Divorce Statistics -- is the moral compass by which Newton is being judged.
In an era where domestic violence runs rampant in the NFL, failing to "put a ring on it" is the great crime of Newton's career.
At this rate, the Panthers might as well replace his captain patch with a scarlet letter of some sort -- one that encapsulates his unethical relationship and gyrating celebrations -- because he "clearly" isn't a fit enough parent.
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