{"id":384986,"date":"2016-09-09T17:08:53","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T21:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=384986"},"modified":"2026-07-25T18:22:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T22:22:51","slug":"hits-against-panthers-cam-newton-raise-questions-about-protocol-officiating-bias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=384986","title":{"rendered":"Hits against Panthers\u2019 Cam Newton raise questions about protocol, officiating bias"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton was allowed to stay in the game after a big fourth-quarter hit by safety Darian Stewart left Newton on his hands and knees while tight end Greg Olsen checked on him. The league says proper protocol was followed, but players&#8217; union could investigate.<\/p>\n<p> \u2026 <a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/sports\/nfl\/carolina-panthers\/article100917017.html#storylink=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click to Continue \u00bb<\/a><br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/sports\/nfl\/carolina-panthers\/article100917017.html#storylink=rss\" class=\"colorbox\" id=\"rssmi_more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> &#8230;read more<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/sports\/nfl\/carolina-panthers\/article100917017.html#storylink=rss\" class=\"colorbox\" title=\"Hits against Panthers\u2019 Cam Newton raise questions about protocol, officiating bias\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charlotte Observer Carolina Panthers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton was allowed to stay in the game after a big fourth-quarter hit by safety Darian Stewart left Newton on his hands&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-384986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured-stories","category-panthers","wpcat-79-id","wpcat-88-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=384986"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1901250,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384986\/revisions\/1901250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=384986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=384986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=384986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}