From Brown to Clown

      I have found that throughout my time of blogging my posts seem to consist of two things: school and sports. So, today I am going to talk about sports. Over the past weekend there was a great amount of drama involving star wide-receiver Antonio Brown. Brown had struggled during his last year with the Pittsburgh Steelers by getting into multiple conflicts/disagreements with players and coaches. So, once the season was over he requested to be traded and got picked up by none other than Jon Gruden's Oakland Raiders. With Brown on the roster the Raiders were surely going to turn their luck around after finishing the 2018-2019 season with a devastating 4-12 record that placed them at the very bottom of the AFC West. With their eye on the future and the entire city of Oakland pumped up for what was to come Antonio Brown did what Antonio Brown seems to do best, he messed it up. This summer the seven time Pro Bowler began what seemed to be a never ending tangent that started with a helmet controversy and ended with his release from the Oakland Raiders. Brown's downfall was his constant scrutiny, which he posted all over social media, of Oakland Raider's general manager Mike Mayock. The altercation began when the Mayock decided to fine Brown for his absence at multiple practices that the receiver decided to post on his Instagram story. The following day at practice Antonio Brown decided to discuss the issue with his general manager which ended with Brown punting a football across the field and yelling, "Fine me for that!" Only a week or two later he posted an Instagram picture asking to be released from the Raiders squad and put onto the market as a free agent. It goes to show that as great of a tool that social media can be, it can also be detrimental to those who are not cautious with what they post. Especially when you consider that the entire situation could have likely been avoided with a calm face-to-face meeting between Brown and Mayock. Thus, I hope Brown has learned his lesson and begins to use his platform for things other than berating whatever team he finds himself on.