Idk how else to get this out there, but with a lot of football players getting a bad reputation I wanted to point out one of the good guys. I was at the Giants team hotel in Tampa last week. Got some pics with some of the guys on Saturday night and Sunday morning.
Well Jerell Adams came outside to speak to his family. When he was done I called him over to sign a few autographs for the kids that were outside. There was a teenage boy out there trying to get autographs. I'm pretty sure he had some kind of illness. Maybe autism? I'm not 100% sure. One of the happiest kids I've ever met and was extremely excited he got to meet the guys. All of the guys were very nice to the kid, but Adams went above and beyond. He signed an autograph for the kid and without asking the kid just gave him a hug. You could never tell that it was an unplanned hug. Adams didn't try to move away or anything. He just leaned in and hugged the kid back like he was a family member.
There are a lot of bad things going on in the World and I had a shitty week last week (Got laid off & my fuel pump went) but that kind gesture by Adams just completely made my year. It was such a small thing and I may be making a bigger deal then what it was I don't know? All I know was that it put a huge smile on my face and it made me happy in my heart. So Jerell if you are reading this I just wanted to say Thank You! It made me proud to be a New York Giants fan.
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Which I have no problem with a dickhead like Rodgers as he doesn't pretend to be a nice guy. He's a known dick. I do have a problem with assholes like Brady & Watt who put on a show for the camera. Meanwhile they won't even acknowledge a fans existence let alone take a picture or sign an autograph for them.
Trust me I'm not. Great guy on camera. Far from it when the camera isn't around. I've seen him about 15 times without a camera around. I've never even seen him acknowledge a fan. Not a picture. Not an autograph. Not even a high five. Now his Brothers TJ & Derek are super cool.
Don't get me wrong I love what JJ did with the Hurricane Irma thing. That was great to raise all that money, but I have a problem when you act a certain way in front of the cameras & act completely different when they aren't around.
TX - It's really fucking sad what the media will cover and what it won't cover. I live in Tampa so I'm around Bucs players a lot. Jameis was a complete asshole in college. Since he's been in the NFL he's done a complete 180. Super nice guy now that does a ton for the community. Hosts charity events. Attends even more events. Interacts with the fans. Treats them very well. Never heard a word about it from the national media.
Same thing with a lot of the Bucs players. You never hear anything from the media, but guys like Mike Evans, Kwon Alexander, Lavonte David, Gerald McCoy, Cam Brate do charity stuff on almost a weekly basis. Nobody ever acknowledges it. It's actually really sad.
Hope things go better for you ... and soon.
They all tell me the majority of guys in the league when they played were good guys.
Those guys just don t get the attention from the media like the bad guys do Fans are guilty of the same behavior.
Not to stir this up again but Cam Newton makes an immature stupid mistake and many of us go right to he s a scum bag. In the eyes of many this mistake outweighs the good he does, which is plentiful.
He got very little attention for his good deeds, not the case yesterday for his lack of respect for that reporter.
Hope things go better for you ... and soon.
Yeah we do. Like I said I've met probably 10,000 athletes and celebs in the last 20 years. Including Jordan, Marino, Favre, Elway, LT, Jerry Rice, Gretzky, Jeter etc etc and I've taken it for granted. To see the joy on that kids face and how he was so happy he just gave him a hug really helped put life in perspective. It was an amazing money that I wish the world could see.
It's just such a shame you hear the negative, but with guys like Odell, Evans, Jamies, Antonio Brown, Derek Carr, Luck, Matt Ryan etc etc don't the credit for the good people they are. Same with a lot of baseball players. Some think Alex Rodriguez is a complete asshole. Couldn't be farther from the truth. He's a guy worth a couple hundred million in the bank and treats everybody equally and with respect.
And I'm sorry about your getting laid off - hopefully it won't last long.
One of my friends started quarterback for ND for three years, Ron Powlus.
Firing his time of celebrity he had absolutely no privacy in public. Now Ron is a great guy, strong family, and he dealt with it in humility. But you could see it wear on him.
My point being some of these guys don t handle the public well, but it doesn't mean they are bad guys.
Not saying Cam is a good guy, I don t know, but he does good things.
Sorry about your job
Sorry about the job. Hopefully you will find something better soon.
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Trust me I'm not. Great guy on camera. Far from it when the camera isn't around. I've seen him about 15 times without a camera around. I've never even seen him acknowledge a fan. Not a picture. Not an autograph. Not even a high five. Now his Brothers TJ & Derek are super cool.
Don't get me wrong I love what JJ did with the Hurricane Irma thing. That was great to raise all that money, but I have a problem when you act a certain way in front of the cameras & act completely different when they aren't around.
Obviously I don’t know jack about Watt and he may be exactly as you describe.
But I will say something in defense of the superstar athletes like Watt, Brady and others.
They can’t go anywhere without being hounded by autograph seekers and other fans that want to talk to them for “just a minute”. They are among the most recognizable people on the planet and they can never appear in public without somebody recognizing them and wanting a piece of their time.
And if they stop to give an autograph to one kid, within seconds there will be a large crowd of fans who also want an autograph. If the athlete signs for one kid or just a few, invariably some people in the crowd will say (or at least think) “Boy what a jerk that guy is. He completely ignored all these kids that just wanted an autograph.”
But again, it’s not just one group of kids. It countless numbers of fans every day and every time the athlete appears in public. If you’re familiar with the story about how Mickey Mantle was once asked for an autograph while he was in the men’s room at a urinal, then you know that these guys are hounded constantly.
And please don’t say, “Well that’s the price a superstar pays for making all that money.”
No matter how many autographs they signed, fan photos they took or ambush conversations they were forced to have (like Ernie Accorsi having to speak with Anak, when Ernie just wanted to eat his lunch)… it’s never enough.
It’s nice to hear the story about Adams and I’m sure he’s a great guy. But I’ll bet he can walk down the streets of NYC and most anywhere else in the country and not get recognized. (I’m a big Giants fan and I’m not even sure I’d recognize him.)
Watt, Brady and other superstar athletes just don’t have that luxury.
One of my friends started quarterback for ND for three years, Ron Powlus.
Firing his time of celebrity he had absolutely no privacy in public. Now Ron is a great guy, strong family, and he dealt with it in humility. But you could see it wear on him.
My point being some of these guys don t handle the public well, but it doesn't mean they are bad guys.
Not saying Cam is a good guy, I don t know, but he does good things.
Sorry about your job
I was at the 1997 Notre Dame/Michigan game, Powlus had a nice game that day, Michigan won 21-14. In retrospect it seems sort of bizarre that Brian Griese started ahead of Tom Brady that season.