CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Cam Newton doesn't know if the rapper Diddy, aka Sean Combs, is serious about purchasing the Carolina Panthers.
But if the entertainer also known as "Puff Daddy" were to purchase the organization owner Jerry Richardson plans to put up for sale after the season, and if he lives up to his promise to sign Colin Kaepernick to compete for the starting job, Newton is ready for the challenge.
"I'm cool with it," Newton said on Wednesday of competing with Kaepernick, who has not been signed by another NFL team since the end of the 2016 season in which his protest during the national anthem became national news.