Cam Newton discusses altercation at 7-on-7 football tournament: ‘I could be in jail’

Former NFL star Cam Newton was seen in the midst of a brawl at a 7-on-7 football tournament in Georgia. (Credit: Marquise Highlands/LOCAL NEWS X /TMX)

Cam Newton delved further into the altercation he had during a 7-on-7 football tournament in Atlanta last month, where video caught him fighting with coaches he formerly worked with on his "C1N" squad. 

Newton joined Shaquille O’Neal and Adam Lefkoe on "The Big Podcast with Shaq," where he said things could have escalated to the point where handcuffs might have been on his wrists. 

"Somebody is going to say something triggering to you, and it just takes one time," Newton said. "I could be in jail, somebody could file a lawsuit."

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Cam Newton attends 2022 Huncho Day Celebrity Football Game during Fan Controlled Football Season v2.0 - Week Three at Pullman Yards on April 30, 2022 in Atlanta. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

No one was arrested during the incident at the "We Ball Sports" inaugural 7-on-7 tournament, where coaches TJ and Steph Brown were seen fighting with Newton at the top of the steps near the football field.

O’Neal initially brought up how he had noticed videos where kids are talking trash to Newton, and did not understand why that happened. 

"It’s the access," Newton said before getting into the altercation that occurred. "Just to give you context: Anybody who knows me, know I’m a product of my environment. Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. What you saw, those were grown men. Those weren’t kids. So that narrative [is] familiar coaching and it got chippy. 

"For me, that’s not the first time that happens. And honestly knowing my world, that probably won’t be the last. I think looking back at it, [it’s like],