Johnny Manziel: Why We Cannot (and Should Not) Look Away

April 19, 2016   ·   Mike Tanier   ·   Jump to comments

Johnny Manziel isn't having any fun. 
Get the notion that Manziel is having a blast out of your mind. He's not. Not really. Being accused of trashing a rental property is not fun. It's desperate and pathetic. Car crashes are no fun. Assault allegations and protective orders are as far away from fun as you can get.
Manziel spent the weekend at Coachella. OK…Coachella would be fun for most of us. But most of us know how to stop "partying." Most of us aren't running away from real problems and responsibilities.
But wait, you say. Manziel's just an immature kid doing immature kid stuff, just like we used to do. Remember when Joey Bagapretzels' parents left town, and we partied all night and wrecked his house? That was fun.
Yeah. We were 17 when we did that. We woke up feeling like our heads were in a vice clamp, ralphing up our sweat socks. We were grounded for two weeks and never really talked to Joey Bagapretzels again.
Immature kid stuff is not what ...

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