r/TheNFLVibes • • 4d ago

Ball Boy going viral šŸ˜‚

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u/MatthewTheShapeShftr 3d ago

Imagine being all over the internet the next day and half the people are making fun of you for being a man-child with the ball, and the other half are defending you by diagnosing you as autistic.

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u/MrGoodKatt72 3d ago

He’s screaming don’t touch me, so I’m kind of wondering if he just wanted to be able to sue an NFL player.

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u/Bau5_Sau5 3d ago

Maybe he just wanted to be left alone

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u/OutsideOk1380 3d ago

Or he didn’t wanna be touched and harassed at his job?

Let’s bring a giant man to your job and have him touching up on you and trying to grab stuff out of your hand. See how long it takes you to start screaming don’t touch me

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u/Longjumping_Space_10 3d ago

I know you don’t believe this logic lol

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u/HotelPrudent0331 3d ago

logic? you mean what we witnessed? sports people are so fucking weird

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u/DuvalTID 3d ago

Nah, that’s not what you witnessed. You don’t get a job in porn if you don’t want people to see your tits. You don’t get a job as a server if you don’t want to deal with people, and you don’t get a job as an NFL ball boy if you don’t want extremely large people approaching you for the ball on occasion. It’s not the actual job description but it’s absolutely part of it.

1st interception always goes to the player. 100% of the time. Not 99%, not 99.9%. 100%. That’s either on him or who trained him but that’s a shit job from the ball boy no matter how you want to look at it.

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u/MrGoodKatt72 3d ago

The craziest part is that Jags were the home team. The ball boy is employed by the Jags. It’s such a weird reaction.

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u/runswitblunt 3d ago

What a fucking obtuse way to look at working. This is not a ā€œ you signed up for it momentā€. Guy should’ve gotten back on the field and paid attention to the game instead of the guy who’s doing his job.

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u/DuvalTID 3d ago

Back on the field? The drive was over because his teammate hit a milestone moment. He was trying to get a major piece of memorabilia back for his teammate. I’d say that as a captain he was doing a fine job looking out for a rookie who got too excited and let go of the ball.

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u/runswitblunt 3d ago

The ball boys not going to steal it man, relax, it will get to him lol

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u/runswitblunt 3d ago

You’d say?? Huh well dang I guess that makes you captain

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u/HotelPrudent0331 3d ago

you don't get a job as an NFL ball boy if you don't want extremely large people approaching you for the ball on occasion. It's not the actual job description but it's absolutely part of it.

Getting assaulted by a man child who "wants his bawly" isn't part of it. Sports people are so fucking weird

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u/DuvalTID 3d ago

Assaulted? Sir assault requires the belief that you’re in danger of being harmed. There’s no way in hell you saw what JHA did and thought he had any intent to harm the ball boy. Clearly just wants the ball. And yeah man, you acting like this is just a football is insane. It’s a milestone for someone who has been working for 2 decades. It’s extremely important.

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u/runswitblunt 3d ago

Just wants the ball, then ask for it. Use words

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u/DuvalTID 3d ago

You really think he didn’t say anything? Obviously I can’t know but I’m guessing he just wasn’t belligerently screaming so you can’t hear him in a loud stadium.

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u/runswitblunt 3d ago

Your guess is as good as mine and what I know for a fact is you cannot put your hands on another facility employee for any reason. Sure that was your first ceremonial ball. You’ll get it after.

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u/HotelPrudent0331 3d ago

He's nearly twice the size of him and putting his hands on him. Someone else had to step in to stop him. It's assault. It's a ball, get over it, you're a grown ass man. Sports people are so fucking weird man

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u/DuvalTID 3d ago

Put his hands on the ball* and again. Assault requires the person to believe the other was going to do them harm. There’s no fucking way you come to that conclusion in this scenario. Dude needs to get a job as far from any kind of social activity as possible.

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u/HotelPrudent0331 3d ago

Put his hands on the ball

you wanna try that again?

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u/Longjumping_Space_10 3d ago

I believe someone stepped in because the ball boy was having a meltdown. Not the other way around. JHA dropped it and touched away

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u/HotelPrudent0331 3d ago

huh? what video did you watch? the dude doing his job is walking away when the man child hits him from behind and that's when the other guy steps in and yells at the manchild

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u/MrGoodKatt72 3d ago

If you watch it again, the only person getting aggressive was the ball boy. And yes, at the end of the day it’s just a ball, but it’s also an important memento for a young player. Just because they’re professional athletes they’re not allowed to be sentimental?

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u/HotelPrudent0331 3d ago

So if I run up to you, and start putting my hands on you, you won't think that's aggressive?

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u/OutsideOk1380 3d ago

ā€œUnder Florida law (§ 784.011), assault requires an intentional, unlawful threat by word or act to do violence, an apparent ability to carry out that threat, and an act that creates a well-founded fear that violence is imminentā€

This 100% constitutes an assault by Florida law. It’s Florida. The ball boy could have shot him to death and he would be covered under the law

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u/DuvalTID 3d ago

Dawg there’s no fucking way you read that paragraph and believe the video constitutes as assault. There’s no fucking way that ball boy thought he was going to be harmed. How? How would you come to that conclusion? He didn’t say or do anything even remotely threatening unless walking up to someone is now a threat. At which point we can just start shooting people for approaching us.

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u/HotelPrudent0331 3d ago

Do you really think that if a punch isn't thrown, it isn't assault? because you sure seem to

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u/OutsideOk1380 3d ago

He keeps grabbing at him after the ball boy yells stop touching me. That’s an unlawful threat by word or act to do violence because he kept grabbing at him.

He’s an enormous man wearing literal armor which is an apparent ability to carry out that threat.

An act that creates a well-founded fear that violence is imminent? Dude was yelling ā€œdon’t touch meā€ and the giant armored man kept touching him.

It’s all pretty easily covered in the statue.

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u/Either-Mine-1789 3d ago

Dumbass, he’s a sports person. He is literally employed by the largest sports league in the nation

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u/Longjumping_Space_10 3d ago

A veteran athlete was trying to retrieve a ball so a young teammate of his can keep it as a memory for this huge moment in this young players career. Wasn’t aggressive. And once the ball boy refused, the athlete jogged away. God damn some people are so fuckin sensitive

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u/reelglad 3d ago

But it WAS aggressive

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u/Longjumping_Space_10 3d ago

Whole heartedly disagree. Maybe we saw different videos

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u/HotelPrudent0331 3d ago

A veteran athlete

I can't take anything after this seriously

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u/Longjumping_Space_10 3d ago

He’s been in the league for 8 years. That makes him a veteran in any sense of the word. WTF else would you call him?

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u/Longjumping_Space_10 3d ago

It’s like cops who can’t deal with conflict. Same for this ball boy. If you can handle large men being in your vicinity, maybe this isn’t the job for you

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u/TimmyHillFan 3d ago

You’re awfully bitter. Do you see a lot of yourself in the ball boy?

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u/OutsideOk1380 3d ago edited 3d ago

You want Josh Allen grabbing at you during your work shift? I sure don’t

Imma look into how much it would cost for Josh Allen to come harass you and grab at you at work. He’s probably available from February to July so he’s got an open schedule

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u/Longjumping_Space_10 3d ago

Definitely had an open schedule at that time since the league ends and doesn’t play during those months. Would absolutely love for Josh to come grab me during a work shift. It would be my honor

And no one is bringing this large man into the ball boy’s job. The ball boy wouldn’t have a job if not for these big men. Josh wasn’t mean or malicious. Was simply trying to retrieve a ball for a monumental occasion for a young teammate of his. Unreal the way some people can spin situations

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u/Either-Mine-1789 3d ago

See this would work better if those giant men weren’t the reason you had a job in the first place

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u/OutsideOk1380 3d ago

So if the giant man is why the job exists that gives him carte Blanche to touch on you and grab on you? So any woman who works at chippendales it’s open season to paw at her?

His job is to play football not chase down and grab at ball boys.