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Some NFL cheap jerseys for sale running backs forced to share carries with an equally talented backfield mate might cheap throwback jerseys be anxious to see that teammate leave for another city, but not Carolina Panthers running back Jonathan Stewart. Stewart told the Charlotte Observer on Monday that he hopes pending free agent DeAngelo Williams cheap baseball jerseys stays in Carolina.    "Once they get this deal done I'm pretty sure the organization cheap mlb jerseys would like to keep the duo going," Stewart said. "I mean, if it's not broke, why fix it?" Stewart and Williams have cheap nba jerseys mostly split carries effectively during their three seasons with cheap nhl jerseys the Panthers. In 2009 they became the first backfield tandem to rush for 1,100 yards cheap ncaa jerseys each in a season. But last season both struggled: Stewart cheap jerseys free shipping finished with just two cheap football jerseys touchdowns and Williams played in only six games before a season-ending foot injury. Williams is expected to be one of the top free-agent running backs available this year. Although Stewart wants his teammate back, he said the pair don't discuss business during the offseason.    Practice for your fantasy football draft with a mock draft. Get involved here ...    "When me and DeAngelo hang out, we don't talk about anything pertaining to football. We'll talk about soccer. We'll talk about the (Women's cheap jerseys free shipping World Cup) game that happened" Sunday, he said. "But when it comes to our friendship, and that goes for a cheap authentic jerseys lot of guys cheap jerseys usa on the team, it's genuine to the fact that we don't have to talk about football." Stewart attended the Panthers' players offseason training activities, where he got a chance to meet rookie quarterback and No. 1 overall draft pick Cam Newton. "He seems like a real good dude," Stewart cheap basketball jerseys said. "He's doing all the right things and he's bringing a different swag to the table. We'll see what he can do, and see him and Jimmy (Clausen) battle cheap custom jerseys it out during camp and just make each other better."

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This is about whether he can express his opinion," said Steven Thompson, a Chicago-based attorney representing Mendenhall. A spokesman for Hanesbrands did not return a call seeking comment by early Tuesday afternoon. But legal experts said Mendenhall might have a difficult time proving his case. "An athlete contracts away his free speech Authentic A.J. Hawk Jersey rights in signing his endorsement Official Aaron Rodgers Jersey deal," said Jeffrey Standen, a sports law professor and associate dean at Willamette University College Authentic Clay Matthews Jersey of Law in Salem, Ore. "What the sponsor is buying is the athlete's name and image, and their name and image are related to public behavior and opinions." Shortly after bin Laden was killed by a team of Navy SEALs, Mendenhall tweeted, in response to scenes of euphoria around the U.S., "What kind of person celebrates death? It's amazing how people can HATE a man they have never even heard speak. We've only heard one side..." He also tweeted on the Sept. 11 attacks: "We'll never know what really happened. I just have a hard time Authentic Donald Driver Jersey believing a plane could take a skyscraper down demolition style." The comments prompted significant anger, leading to a clarification by Mendenhall and a separate statement by Steelers team president Art Rooney II distancing the organization from Mendenhall's remarks. But his number of Twitter followers nearly doubled to Authentic B.J. Raji Jersey around 37,000 within a few Packers Paul Hornung Jersey days of the tweets.    NFL.com experts investigate the pressing issues facing each team when the lockout ends:» AFC East: Team needs | Where we left off» NFC East: Team needs | Where we left off» AFC North: Team needs | Where Official A.J. 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Such Authentic Jermichael Finley Jersey language was cited in a May 11 letter to Mendenhall's representatives, written by Lynette Fuller-Andrews, a lawyer for Hanesbrands. The running back's contract included provisions barring Mendenhall from actions that would bring him "into public Authentic Charles Woodson Jersey disrepute, contempt, Packers A.J. Hawk Jersey scandal or ridicule, or tending to shock, insult, or offend the majority of the consuming public," along with other terms, Fuller-Andrews wrote. "It's going to be tough Authentic Bart Starr Jersey for him to prevail, because that gives the company a lot of leeway," McCann said. "Once you sign off on very generic, all-inclusive phraseology, it's very hard to get out Official Charles Woodson Jersey of that." "Morals clauses" are commonly invoked when an athlete's behavior makes the wrong kind of headlines. Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick lost endorsement deals after revelations Authentic Aaron Rodgers Jersey about his participation in a dogfighting ring, and Tiger Woods was dropped by some of his sponsors following the disintegration of his marriage over accusations of serial infidelity. But the ease with which athletes Official B.J. Raji Jersey can land in trouble with social media tools such as Twitter likely mean endorsement deals in the future will be different, said Porcher Taylor, a professor in Authentic Ray Nitschke Jersey the School of Continuing Studies at the University of Richmond. "Every celebrity endorsement contract of Packers B.J. Raji Jersey any kind in the future must have a Twitter/Social Media clause," Taylor wrote Authentic Paul Hornung Jersey in an email. 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