Todd Marinovich: Why QB’s Story Should Serve as Cautionary Tale to NFL Teams

December 11, 2011   ·   Brian Mazique   ·   Jump to comments

The Marinovich story is a sad one, and it isn't just about the failure in football. The subsequent legal and personal problems that followed the failed NFL career are even more bothersome.
When the ESPN film "The Marinovich Project" airs tonight, it will expose a story many college and pro football fans have long been aware of; but it will likely reveal even more than we knew.
For over 25 years, I have known this story to be the truest symbol of what can happen when a boy has what many describe as a football father.
For those that don't know what that is, it's a father who is so obsessed with their child's development in the game, they go to awkward and sometimes scary lengths to carve that path for the child.
Things like this set of oddities practiced by Marinovich's dad Marv, mentioned in the 1988 Sports Illustrated article, entitled: Bred To Be A Superstar:
He has never eaten a Big Mac or an Oreo or a Ding Dong. When he went to ...

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