After two seasons torturing Browns fans, Johnny Manziel's unclaimed funds could cotribute to building Brook Park domed stadium.
Former Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel gets to pay a penance of sorts for torturing fans during his short stint here.
Manziel, who played for the Browns for two seasons of hell — for the fans — may get to contribute to the funding of the new domed stadium currently in the planning stages in Brook Park.
Manziel is due over $100 from the state’s unclaimed funds account, according to reports. The Browns may at least get that back.
That fact came to light after his appearance on the "Impaulsive" podcast with Westlake native Logan Paul and his co-host Mike Maljak on July 15, where Manziel revealed that he hated being in Cleveland.
Oh no, hearts are breaking around Northeast Ohio over that one.
It's a shocking revelation considering how he treated the city and Browns fans. His behavior while here showed no hint of disdain—just a complete lack of respect for both.
Of course, there were mitigating circumstances. The fact that Manziel has apparently successfully confronted mental health issues is to be praised, but it doesn’t excuse his assorted misbehaviors here before partying his way out of the NFL.
Here’s a guy will all the potential in the world, even at 6-feet tall, with the world at his disposal.
"I think it, originally, I was like, this is an amazing opportunity to, obviously I got drafted in the first round. F**king amazing. It took me a while to kind of be there, and even the beginning I went downtown Cleveland. I'm like, okay, we can work with this here a long time."
Sure, a long time. He, obviously, never reached his potential with the Browns. Neither did Baker Mayfield, another 6-foot quarterback, but he at least got it together in Tampa Bay.
“I think I did in college. I think I did in college and then when I got to Cleveland, I don't think I did,” he told Paul and Maljak of that potential. “I never put in the same amount of work when I was in Cleveland as I did throughout those first couple years as I was in college at Texas A&M, I felt like I was just almost just, I enjoyed the partying more than I did the Sundays than I did.”
Ya, think?
The piece de resistance of this conversation?
“Alright, listen, that place definitely aided into my f**king depression way for sure,” he said of this area.
Millionaire athlete complains about the gray days in Northeast Ohio? Wow, it’s not like he couldn’t afford an off-season home or rental in sunnier, warmer climates, right?
Paul, with Browns gear visible in the background, couldn’t resist the opportunity to suggest Manziel return to the fold when talking about Manziel making a comeback.
“I want you to get back in the saddle. No doubt. Come back. Play for Cleveland,” he said. “Dude, we need you.”
Uhhh…no thank you.
George M. Thomas covers a myriad of things including sports and pop culture, but mostly sports, he thinks, for the Beacon Journal.
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