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Panthers sign owner's neighborhood kid
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08:04 AM ET 05.01 | Good luck trying to sell Panthers fans on the idea that the team didn't get what it thought it might out of Brenton Bersin. As a child growing up in Morrocroft Estates, the gated community in south Charlotte, [Bersin] attended an annual spring barbecue at a neighbor's house. Bersin and the other neighborhood kids would drink sodas and play football in the backyard while their parents ate and visited with their host -- Panthers owner Jerry Richardson. "He's been scouting me out since I was 10," Bersin said. Bersin's family lived two doors down from Richardson. And after a successful career at Charlotte Latin, Bersin chased Richardson's receiving records at Wofford. Now he'll play for Richardson's team.
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Sounds like a Sandusky move....
Robataille
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That's nice but the Jets still suck.
Glenlivet18
Washington, DC
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Yeah, parents long to hear their children say "he's been scouting me since I was 10."
Lightly Salted Nuts
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Brenton Bersin doesn't even have a Wikipedia page.
Debbie Does
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After comments like "he's been scouting me since I was 10", he may not want one.
Otis B. Driftwood
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We can always start one for him.
Lightly Salted Nuts
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He may already be in the witness protection program.
Debbie Does
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Or on his way to confession.
Lightly Salted Nuts
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Jerry Richardson has just been named as a character witness in the Jerry Sandusky trial.
Lightly Salted Nuts
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Gives new meaning to " Neighborhood Watch"
50yearfan
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Sounds like this could be giving a kid a favor. I hope the Panthers didn't waste a pick.
Red Zone
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the kids name is "Brenton"? Probably had to be tough to keep from getting beat-up every day...
Mangler.
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He went to Charlotte Latin, sounds like a tough inner-city school!
Sanchezpkp
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Either tough or fast
Mr Steeler
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Jerry says he's "slippery".
Lightly Salted Nuts
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Read the article. The guy is an undrafted free agent (no pick wasted).
jdeek
Issaquah , WA
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This has got to be the stupidest article I've ever read. Why is this even news?
Whitey0302
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This may be an intern position..... He'll be coaching them in 10 years.
Robataille
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LMAO! Exactly...you can tell by the name. Very uppity school on the ritzy side of town, most of the Panthers' players kids go there.
DR_Universal
Charlotte , NC
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