Johnny Football is at it again. If you are an avid college
football follower, you might have tossed the name “Johnny Manziel” quite a few
times this past season. He’s the all-American dream football player that led
his team through victory. The former A&M quarterback and Heisman Trophy
Winner was drafted into the NFL last year, that fact was not a surprise to any,
even Manziel’s coaches. An event that occurred on Monday, November 17th in
Cleveland, Ohio (Johnny Manziel’s new home) didn’t come as a shocker to
football fans. A 33 year-old Ohio man, named Chris Gonos said to USA Today that
he spotted the young football superstar and called out, “Johnny Football!” as
he rushed over to get a handshake from him. As soon as he was within feet of
the football player, a man believed to be affiliated with Manziel tackled him.
Johnny Manziel then joined in and punched Gonos. Security ran over to break the
fight up. Once a die-hard Johnny Football fan, Gonos says he is disgusted with the behavior of such a young and promising athlete. This certainly shows how disrespectful some athletes can be off
the court or field.
Analysis: I think that this relates to APUSH and how many
things that are a part of our culture (sports, politics, jobs, etc) become too
focused around the money and fame that oftentimes, respect and integrity are
lost in the mix. It’s happened to too many politicians, and now, sports
players. I think that Johnny Manziel has been sucked into the world of money
and he strives and works too hard towards what will give him any space in the
newspapers or an abundance of money, that he would rather sucker-punch an
innocent fan to get attention than give him a simple high five. Do you think
Johnny Manziel should be as famous as he is because he’s a good football
player, even if he’s not a good person? Are money and/or talent more important
than qualities such as kindness, respect, and sincerity? To Johnny Manziel, they just might be.
Written by Elizabeth Muscari, 6th Period
Courtesy of USA Today
Read more at
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/11/johnny-manziel-cleveland-man-alleged-attack
That's true. People in our culture are sucked in too far into the fame and the glory that once they get a taste of it, they can't help themselves into being engulfed in it.
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Everyone should just realize money does not make some one happy. I it is so sad to see people become so materialistic.
ReplyDeleteObviously this kid is too immature to have this much attention. We have seen it time and time again that young people who are famous grow up to be way off track. If you are not mature enough to handle the fame it is likely gonna change who you are ad often not in a good way.
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