We are watching a classic media "campaign," spearheaded by ESPN, to sabotage Manziel's NFL chances. They are jumping on him for behavior that is perfectly normal for a college student, especially someone in his position.
Where were all the "Outside the Lines" investigations of Cam Newton and so many other black college players? Why didn't Cam's admitted cheating on exams and theft of a laptop, not to mention his record-breaking number of traffic tickets, or his father's attempted "sale" of his son to the highest college bidder (which we are supposed to believe Cam was unaware of), affect his draft stock? How did he still get picked #1 overall?
Just as in the Riley Cooper case, we see once again that the standard for acceptable conduct for whites is something virtually no black player could meet. Manziel is now a pariah to NFL teams because of the "crime" of having a fake ID? And partying too much? Now, we hear he may have accepted money for autographs? But somehow, every year, countless black college players who physically batter others, sexually assault women, get caught DWI, cheat academically, and do so many other far more serious things than Manziel is being accused of, still become high NFL draft picks and are welcomed by everyone in the league.
I said it when Tebow was a freshman- the NFL would not let him play. And now, an even more athletic white QB in Manziel, is already having his NFL chances destroyed, by all the usual suspects. These new, exciting "read" or "pistol" or "spread" offenses are for blacks only. No "white boys" need apply.
If Manziel is screwed over and not allowed to start in the NFL, I hope Doug Flutie speaks out further. Something tells me that Flutie realizes exactly what's going on. He was a victim in his own way of the Caste System, and who can forget how he earned the enmity of one of the system's biggest proponents in Jimmy Johnson. Johnson showed just how immoral and indecent he really was when he stomped on a box of "Flutie Flakes" cereal after a game when his Cowboys beat Flutie. The cereal was a promotional product to raise funds for the malady Flutie's young son suffered from (I think it was autism). Johnson displayed real class and character there.
Thinking about it, there may not be a better person to speak out against the discrimination whites face, and the double standard the media and the league employs when dealing with players, than Doug Flutie. Let's hope he is as decent and principled as he appears to be, and can summon up the resolve to be a real profile in courage.
