Johnny Football Research Paper
Current Event: Heisman Trophy Winner Johnny Manziel I was sitting in the doctor’s office this morning waiting for my appointment, thinking about what current event I could choose that would include the 6 sociological concepts. I was at a loss. Syria crossed my mind. Obama care was a thought. But my answer was lying on the coffee table beside me with a Sports Illustrated cover and the picture of a football phenom with a number 2 jersey emblazoning his torso and wearing his Texas A&M helmet. I picked up the magazine and found the article on page 26 and started to read. Johnny Manziel, or Johnny Football as he is so affectionately known, and has trademarked the term by the way, is a 19 year old sophomore quarterback for Texas
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The NCAA sets the rules/laws of all collegiate athletes and universities. This is the social control that the NCAA maintains over its subordinates, trying to maintain structure within the ranks and prevent players from profiting from their status as premier athletes. If an athlete is playing a sport for an NCAA governed school, that athlete has to abide by the rules laid out under the NCAA. Johnny Football’s new found fame and life in the social media spotlight is what has lead him, and his parents, to trademark the “Johnny Football” name in order for the family to profit from his notoriety. Trademarking his name and profiting from this fame as a collegiate athlete is considered a deviant behavior and is against the NCAA rules. Johnny Football was penalized this past weekend by the NCAA and made to sit out the first half of the season opening game as punishment for violating NCAA rules. As I mentioned previously, Johnny Football is 19 years old. He gained overnight fame by winning the Heisman trophy, and with that fame came temptation, and thanks to the social media outlets such as FACEBOOK, TWITTER and INSTAGRAM, Johnny has been caught on numerous occasions drinking underage and breaking laws. He even recently got a parking ticket for parking illegally, his car facing the wrong way on a one way
The NCAA sets the rules/laws of all collegiate athletes and universities. This is the social control that the NCAA maintains over its subordinates, trying to maintain structure within the ranks and prevent players from profiting from their status as premier athletes. If an athlete is playing a sport for an NCAA governed school, that athlete has to abide by the rules laid out under the NCAA. Johnny Football’s new found fame and life in the social media spotlight is what has lead him, and his parents, to trademark the “Johnny Football” name in order for the family to profit from his notoriety. Trademarking his name and profiting from this fame as a collegiate athlete is considered a deviant behavior and is against the NCAA rules. Johnny Football was penalized this past weekend by the NCAA and made to sit out the first half of the season opening game as punishment for violating NCAA rules. As I mentioned previously, Johnny Football is 19 years old. He gained overnight fame by winning the Heisman trophy, and with that fame came temptation, and thanks to the social media outlets such as FACEBOOK, TWITTER and INSTAGRAM, Johnny has been caught on numerous occasions drinking underage and breaking laws. He even recently got a parking ticket for parking illegally, his car facing the wrong way on a one way