NFL Panthers Spanish-language radio announcer Luis Moreno Jr. walked away from the job in the offseason because he said that he has been "openly supportive" of President Trump, and the Panthers "didn't approve," according to Theoden Janes of the CHARLOTTE OBSERVER. Moreno said that in April, he "retweeted a tweet from his personal Twitter account that was supportive of Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign." He said that he was then "contacted by Eric Fiddleman -- the radio and television affiliate manager for the Panthers as well as the Spanish-language radio general manager" -- who "told him the team was requesting that he remove any information related to the Panthers from his bios on his personal social-media accounts." Over the summer, Moreno said that Fiddleman "called again," noting that Panthers VP/Communications & External Affairs Steven Drummond "wanted to talk to him about his social-media activity." But Moreno objected, noting that as an independent contractor, he is "not an actual employee of the Panthers." Moreno: "Basically what I told Eric, I said, ‘Listen ... I’m not even under contract right now. I am not willing to participate in this project anymore if I’m going to be censored. So unless they call me, I’m not going to do it anymore." Moreno's uncle and co-broadcaster Jaime Moreno was still in the booth for Sunday's Raiders-Panthers opener (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 9/15).
