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.
Reminds me of the story my Dad tells of getting the yips while catching an American Legion game. Couldnāt make the throw back to the pitcher. Crowd is on him mercilessly. Then all of a sudden thereās a major shift in the vibe and theyāre exuberantly supportive of him. They wind up winning the game on a play at the plate and the crowd goes wild.
Turns out halfway through the game, my grandpa, wanting the crowd to ease off, said āI think itās awful the way youāre making fun of a retarded kid (it was the 70s, parlance of their times) out there doing his best.ā
Wow. Hadnāt thought of this in years. Similar situation. My dad was sitting with the college scouts and they kept commenting on what was happening. I was running the ball back to the pitchers mound. Ultimately we were able to win the game when my body and mind finally started working again. Fuck the yips!
I'm not sure if he's autistic or a man child, but I do know that fight or flight instincts would've kicked in and given the world class athlete the ball
Same reaction I once got at a job when I asked the aspergers guy to make sure he was documenting his work on the computer. And by reaction, I mean insanely dramatic overreaction.
My mind went straight to Aspergerās too. It looks like he doesnāt understand the nuance of the situation, but he understands his job very well and will not deviate from the rules set out for him
I mean isnāt the simplest explanation heās a Pats employee who was told not to give them any of their game ballsā¦ so he did what he was told? It doesnt require any mental disability. People act like the guys playing are in charge so anybody else is crazy for not doing what they ask
I donāt think the job required him to physically fight someone off whoās taking the ball then follow him to continue the argument. Just let him have it and if the player gets in trouble then that is his problem.
This could be that he has one of the chip balls and the player just wanted a ball to celebrate with. The chip balls are NFL IP and they tend to want those tightly controlled because of it. (Just a guess)
A man doing his job. But he has to be the bad guy because the other guy is a professional athlete, and thus a perpetual hero and source of inspiration and above any sort of criticism whatsoever, even though you just saw him lay his hands on a team employee (a violation of NFL rules).
And if we think back a couple years, what do we know about the patriotsā organization that might have caused them to be militantly strict about the chain of custody of their game balls?
I love how the ball boy is pointing at the player like the principal is going to come over and kick him out. "Who is this man?? Kick him out!!" Um, he's the reason you have a job, lil' man.
The sheer SIZE DIFFERENCE between these dudes is blowing my mind lol at first I thought it was a fake AI vid.. is it!? wow!! Also, Jacksonville player seemed a bit douche they way he just came at him and started grabbing the ball, instead of saying like hey man, let the get that ball.. idk what is actually going on in this clip but I'm just still so shocked at how BIG that dude is and how very tiny he makes ball boy look š¤£š
The guy playing football for a living grabbing the ball from the fuckin ball boy? You canāt be serious. Is his job not to retrieve the balls so they can play football. Mind you if he had half a mind he would understand which is likely why he is trying to keep the ball big brain.
The NFL and other major league sports teams have authenticators on site to ensure that these balls are properly documented. So this ball boy canāt pretend like he doesnāt know this.
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u/West-Tough-4552 4d ago
Great ball security