Some of the NFL officiating crews didn't exactly give Newton any favors, either when it came to not always throwing flags on opposing D-linemen, LB's, or DB's like roughing-the-passer or unsportsmanlike conduct penalties when they hit Newton late or made helmet-to-helmet contact when he scrambled sometimes. I'm certainly no Panthers fan but I always found it very amusing and strange that quite a few refs didn't always call the same roughing-the-passer calls in-games involving Newton that they 99.9% of the time did for Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger, or Aaron Rodgers. I mean, I know Newton could be an annoying, egotistical showboat whose antics could irk, or bother maybe some higher-ranking NFL executives or his temper-tantrums that got him labeled as a sore loser. Newton even complained about it publicly nunerous times that officiating crews seemed to hold different standards about throwing penalties on him against him than other mobile, scrambling QB's. I mean, it's not like Roger Goodell is incapable of holding grudges and letting that, informally slip down into how it effects his treatment towards certain players, teams, or owners.