There is no more evidence for the situation in which ostracized NFL quarterback Johnny Manziel finds himself than his father's own comments.
For some unknown reason, Paul Manziel, Johnny's father, said publicly he believes his son won't make it to his 24th birthday next December without a radical lifestyle change.
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"I truly believe if they can't get him help," Dad tells the Dallas Morning News, "he won't live to see his 24th birthday."
The elder Manziel was referring to an attempt he made to have the Browns quarterback admitted to Carrolton Springs Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Center where he was allowed to leave.
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Perhaps, if Johnny's father had made more of an attempt to ensure that he stay at the facility, he wouldn't be angry that the facility let Johnny leave.
But it's Paul Manziel's use of the pronoun "they" that piqued the interest of the Dallas-Fort Worth CBS affiliate.
"When Paul Manziel wails hoping 'they' will help Johnny, the dad is failing to realize that the 'THEY' is 'HIM.'
The 2012 Heisman Trophy winner, after all, hasn't just been enabled since he entered the NFL. Or Texas A&M.
The CBS Dallas-Fort Worth affiliate website compared Manziel to pop icon Britney Spears, whose career also began to careen out of control until her father went to court and fought for conservatorship over his daughter's life.
"No, this is a story about a little kid who was allowed to be out of control the moment his parents realized he could hit a golf ball, catch a baseball, and throw a football," the website stated. "Like pop star Spears just a few years before, the family moved mountains to feed his success -- and, I'm told by family friends, moved from town to town when little Johnny's behaviors or desires mandated it."
Also, during his time at Texas A&M -- when student-athletes normally lament not having a whole lot of money -- he was going to all kinds of sporting events (Super Bowls, NCAA basketball championship games, Kentucky Derbys). It sure didn't like as if Manziel was lacking for anything during his college years.
But in becoming the life of the party, he allowed his that lifestyle -- rather than his athletic prowess -- to define him. His off-the-field activities finally destroyed his on-field performance. He couldn't even wait for the season to end before secretly going to Las Vegas and missing a mandatory medical appointment. Now, his out-of-control behavior has made him subject of an investigation into a report of domestic violence.
And Johnny's father believes public shaming is what's appropriate in getting his son help?
What Johnny Manziel needs is an intervention, except that his family shouldn't expect someone else to conduct it.
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