sCam Newton admits he’s not ‘superman,’ can’t provide for his 8 kids like he used to.

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Cam Newton, once one of the NFL’s most electrifying quarterbacks, is now tackling an off-field challenge: income loss.

At 36, Newton’s days as a professional athlete are behind him. He officially stepped away from the game in 2021, after his one-year, $6 million contract with the Carolina Panthers expired. Now, the former football star is candid about the financial reality of life after fame.

“Being in the NFL, everyone knows there's a large sum of money that comes to you in a short span of time, and being away from the game for three years, those checks don't come in the same,” he said in an episode of the FOX reality TV show, Special Forces (1).

Newton admitted that the sudden drop in earnings has made it difficult for him to feel like “Superman” to his eight children.

“It hurts me knowing that I can’t provide like I once did,” the former quarterback wrote on Instagram (2).

Aside from this income drop, Newton pointed to lifestyle creep as a major culprit for both his financial struggles and those of other pro athletes in a video posted on YouTube (3).

But in a dynamic, volatile economy, it’s certainly not just entrepreneurs and professional athletes facing sudden income fluctuations — ordinary workers are struggling too.

An unpredictable job market
The U.S. unemployment rate is worsening, with 2025 posting the weakest annual job growth rate since 2003 (4).

While the Federal Reserve cut interest rates repeatedly in 2025 to try to support the market, these efforts weren’t quite enough to course-correct the American unemployment rate. Many factors are to blame here.

On the labor market side, the workforce is aging and shrinking due to reduced immigration (5).

Meanwhile, employers face ongoing economic uncertainty due to tariffs and rising input costs — making it more challenging to hire more workers. Approximately one-fifth of companies said they were reducing hiring because of tariffs, according to a survey by the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta and Richmond, alongside Duke University (6).

 

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Guy that made 133 million while playing. Where is the shocking part that he can't take care of his EIGHT kids the same  

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Travis Henry says Hi, Cam.

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2 minutes ago, Strike said:

Travis Henry says Hi, Cam.

He made a whopping 11 million in the NFL.  He made 1 million for each kid. 11 kids with 10 women  

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Shawn Kemp says Hi, Cam.

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At least George Foreman was smart and named all his son's George.

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1 minute ago, Strike said:

Shawn Kemp says Hi, Cam.

Cromartie 14  

Kemp "at least 7"

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Just now, Strike said:

At least George Foreman was smart and named all his son's George.

When one them stops paying his bills and the collection calls start, that should be fun. 

[Engorgeous George 2,375]

I remember seeing a segment on him when he was playing.  He had his own private hat maker, a habedasher.  He would make Cam a new hat every week.  Each individual piece of art was $10,000.  I knew then that he would be bust in a few short years and we would see him in court.

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Just now, edjr said:

When one them stops paying his bills and the collection calls start, that should be fun. 

"You got the wrong George.  You lookin' for my brutha."

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Just now, Strike said:

"You got the wrong George.  You lookin' for my brutha."

or sister 

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You gotta love Yahoo lumping in the struggles of working people with this clown. Must protect the hive. 

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Lordy Lordy, how he blow all dat money? He gots to feed da childrens