Carolina Panthers welcome Blake Bortles to the team after 'South Park' gag
"South Park" kicked off its 20th season on Wednesday night with a wide-ranging episode on the NFL and Colin Kaepernick's national anthem protest, online trolls, the presidential election and more. (More on that below.)
During the episode, a number of people noticed that the "South Park" jokesters made Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles a member of the Carolina Panthers. And then the Panthers caught wind and played along.
@BBortles5 Welcome to the team! pic.twitter.com/2v5nIqFLWr
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) September 15, 2016
The Jaguars, though, were baffled by the fact that their quarterback was now a Panther.
.@Panthers @BBortles5 pic.twitter.com/4T8ino3ZQt
— Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) September 15, 2016
@Jaguars You can have him back, but we'd really like a BORT license plate. pic.twitter.com/Nc8Lfk4eyz
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) September 15, 2016
Perhaps the Panthers could run a two-quarterback system or make Newton a full-time running back, since he's already treated as one most of the time.
Anyhow, here's at peek at how "South Park" handled the discussion about the national anthem and Kaepernick's protest against racial inequality and police brutality -- a movement that's expanded to other players.
South Park fixes the National Anthem problem pic.twitter.com/hFP6PF1k3W
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) September 15, 2016
