When the Charlotte’s minor league hockey team, the Checkers, takes the ice Thursday against the Hersey Bears, they’ll be wearing jerseys designed by one of the last people you’d expect: Carolina Panther quarterback Cam Newton.
It could be a first in the nation, as far as a cross promotion between an top NFL athlete and a minor league hockey, according to Charlotte Checkers officials.
The jerseys also represent one of rarest bits of sports memorabilia to be had in the NFL.
They will be worn only one night, then put up for auction to the highest bidder in attendance.