DeAngelo Williams rips Carolina Panthers organization

DeAngelo Williams was cut by the Carolina Panthers last week and is now speaking out against the organization.

Running back DeAngelo Williams was cut by the Carolina Panthers, and used the opportunity he had to speak his mind about the carelessness of the organization in an interview Monday.

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Williams’ mother, Sandra Hill, died of breast cancer in May of 2014 and Williams has also lost four aunts to the horrible disease that affects about 1 in 8 women in their lifetime. In his interview with WBTV, Williams spoke out against the organization that he played for because of their lack of sympathy for his mother’s death last year.

DeAngelo Williams said that the Panthers used his mother as a symbol for breast cancer awareness month where every October, the NFL puts everything in pink to bring awareness to the disease, but when Hill died in 2014, he only received messages from head coach Ron Rivera and GM David Gettlemen and former defensive end Greg Hardy was the only one that showed up to the funeral.

Here are excerpts from his interview with WBTV.

"“[Gettleman] was like, ‘Man we’re praying for you’. I said ‘I really appreciate it, thank you so much. He said, ‘If there’s anything we can ever do for you, don’t hesitate to call.’ I was like man.. you know I really appreciate that.’ That was the end. That was it,” he said.“Nobody came to the funeral,” he said. “The owner didn’t reach out. He didn’t say anything. Never talked to me. Nobody upstairs ever talked to me. The only two people who ever said anything to me was Coach Rivera and Dave Gettleman. Everybody else was… they were busy because it was the draft.”He continued. “I was upset with Carolina, because the last five or six years during October, [my mom] was celebrated, but then when she was no longer here — let’s move on. [I was] very disappointed. And, somewhat angry […] it stung to know that a place of business that you’ve worked for, you’ve bled, you’ve played through injuries, you’ve done everything you possibly can for this organization to be successful, and then upon your darkest hour, they let you, handle it by yourself.”"

The Panthers now have a policy on how to deal with players’ family deaths according to Deadspin.

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