The Sunday Morning Quarterback

"Circus time!" "Money Manziel in the building!" "He's a distraction to the team." "Why does he still have a job?" These questions and more were asked about Johnny Manziel the last time he did have a job in football. He was very much a distraction to his teammates. The "Money Manziel" mantra and mentality had taken over his life. It ran him out of football. But now look at him. As Johnny Football is going through different pro-days to show that he can still play, he appears to be a changed man. He's not a partying frat boy anymore. He's grown up and matured.  He's calmer in how he deals with reporters, answering questions with maturity and dignity. One of his answers in an interview this past week really stuck out to me. When asked how he got off the path that he had been on, Manziel said this: "I got so low to the point that I questioned what I was doing and if my life was probably really worth livi...

This week, two of the NBA's biggest stars came out about issues that they have had with mental health. DeMar DeRozan and Kevin Love each expressed a different mental issue that they had battled with over the course of their lives and careers. For DeRozan, it is depression. For Love, it is panic attacks and anxiety. Two of the league's brightest stars, but both have an inner darkness that they are facing.  Last night, after I heard about both athletes speaking on these problems, I overheard several students here at my school commenting on these issues. The comments went something like this: "He's 6'8", 250 and playing in the NBA. There's no way that he has these mental issues." "I don't want to hear about someone who's making millions of dollars every year making comments about depression." These are Christian college students. Have we come to the place where athletes are no longer people? Do we idolize them so much that they ...