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High school football player apologizes for heckling Cam Newton at youth tournament

A high school football player has apologized after a video went viral of him yelling insults at Cam Newton during a seven-on-seven youth tournament where the New England Patriots quarterback was coaching a team.

The clip showed Jseth Owens of Perkiomen Valley High School in Pennsylvania on a sideline repeatedly yelling to the 2015 NFL MVP that he was about to become "a free agent" and "poor" after a disappointing 2020 NFL season.

In the clip, Newton responds, "I'm rich," multiple times before asking to speak with Owens' father. The clip was tweeted with the caption "Cam got a little triggered.