Posted on 11/25/2015 5:25:40 AM PST by bestintxas
. . . drank six days and nights a week and played football on Sunday. Everything is much more complicated nowadays and if it were me, I wouldn't drink my entire career - too much money at stake
Just read another article that he was in rehab over the summer. That changes everything.
Didn't think so.
If your numbers are good the other stuff does not matter.
Alcoholics shouldn’t drink.
“My favorite QB from the past, Ken Stabler, would never make it today.
Kenny never missed a night at the bars and never met a curfew he wouldnât sneak out of.”
Other members of the All BUZZED Team shoud include:
Fuzzy Thurston
Max McGee
Paul Hornung
Art Donovan
“Funny that people would presume to know the terms of Manzielâs employment....”
I have to agree. I really don’t like him, but, I have seen nothing regarding a verbal or written agreement that he would not drink on his off time.
btw, his rehab was self-imposed, so I doubt there are any team agreements that came out of this.
Don’t be surprised to see TEAM Manziel push back on this.
Thanks for a moment of clarity here. Apparently, it’s the ultimate sin now to have some fun now if you are over 21 and a quarterback with a weekend off. This is absurd.
If he was told by his boss not to go out and party (bad imagery for the team) and told the boss FU, then this is well deserved.
Agree that their may be some push back.
Professional services contracts at this level frequently contain provisions for off-the-field behavior.
Not just his team but the entire league is affected when things go bad.
He is acting like he is too immature to understand that.
Johnny Football is shaping up to be the next Vince Young.
Joe Namath wouldn’t play for the Browns.
The NFL has had a long history of hard-partying guys.
The stories of Bobby Layne, Frank Gifford et. al. are legendary. Only difference is the media was not around recording and tweeting their activities.
Not after a stint in rehab earlier this year. The team has been trying to be supportive, but ultimately, it's up to the individual to take responsibility for his actions, and accept the consequences. It's not up to your employer to get you clean and sober.
I can only imagine the stats that Snake and Namath would have racked up in today's NFL.
Alex Karras
In his first public comments since being released after a lengthy stay in a rehab facility, Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel issued an apology to the Browns and the fans "that I let down."
"I take full responsibility for my actions and it's my intention to work very hard to regain everyone's trust and respect. I understand that will take time and will only happen through what I do and not what I say," Manziel said. "I also understand there's a lot of curiosity about this but anyone who has a friend or family member that's been through things like this knows it's an ongoing process. I'm going to continue to ask folks to try to respect my privacy as I determine to what degree I am comfortable talking about a subject which I consider very personal."
Manziel entered Caron Pennsylvania, an alcohol and drug treatment center, in late January after a rocky rookie year with the Browns, both off and on the field
RE: Partying on bye-week.
Sorta like being a double-secret probation and giving your boss the middle finger.
If I lived in Green Bay, I’d drink too
Here’s another side of this you might find interesting:
http://www.cleveland.com/darcy/index.ssf/2015/11/puritan_pettine_punishes_manzi.html
If he would just beat his out of wedlock children and his live-in girlfriend, he’d be fine.
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