Huge Hoverboard News Out Of Panthers Camp Today
CHARLOTTE — Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera recently banned players being on hoverboards inside Bank of America Stadium after seeing them blow up on YouTube. He also strongly suggested players not ride hoverboards to and from work from their homes as quarterback Cam Newton is known to do. Rivera doesn’t want any freakish accidents as the Panthers (16-1) prepare to face Arizona (14-3) on Sunday in the NFC Championship. “Have you seen those things on YouTube blowing up?” Rivera said on Monday. “I mean that’s what concerns me more than anything else. What if something crazy happens? I will say this, too. I caught them drag racing in the freaking hallway one time, too.” Rivera wouldn’t say which players he caught. But among those most commonly seen riding the hoverboards around the facility are Newton, cornerback Josh Norman, safety Tre Boston and safety Roman Harper.
One thing you never do here is question a decision made by the guy pulling strings behind a 16-1 Super Bowl bound operation. If he says no new age drag racing in the locker room, then there’s no new age drag racing in the locker room. Simple as that. With that being said, I’m 100% sure that this is not actually a hard-fast rule that would ever warrant a consequence if violated. This is definitely just a situation where Josh Norman debowed a member of the Panthers support staff in the hallway outside the weight room, and so, in turn, the no-hoverboard riding victim cornered Coach Rivera and showed him videos of a couple faulty boards spontaneously combusting into fiery flame balls. He thanked him, he said “Okay guys these things are not allowed,” he winked, and he then continued breaking down third and medium cutups. Organized racing events are way too good for chemistry and morale to try to stop them, especially the week of the biggest game of the season thus far. They are the trust fall of team building in professional sports in 2016. Rivera knows that. He’ll turn a blind eye, and Tre Boston and the rest of Thieves Ave will continue to Esco-race all the way to Santa Clara.