Questionable photo surfaces following Johnny Manziel's Vegas trip
Johnny Manziel may have some explaining to do after his Fourth of July trip to Las Vegas.
Busted Coverage posted a reader-submitted photo that appears to show the Cleveland Browns quarterback rolling a twenty dollar bill inside a bathroom. We won't speculate as to what Manziel was planning to do with the bill, and there is no evidence he was doing anything illegal, but as Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk explains, rolled bills tend to carry a negative connotation:
Rolled dollar bills are often used for snorting cocaine and cocaine is often snorted in the bathroom of a nightclub. (At least that's what they did in the '80s. I've heard.)
[Courtesy: Busted Coverage]
As several others have pointed out, the issue isn't necessarily about Manziel's partying, but rather, the public nature of it.
Issue isn't Manziel's partying. Mirrors many pro athletes. It's why, unlike most, it isn't done in private. Minimal discretion fixes all.
— Kevin Seifert (@SeifertESPN) July 7, 2014
@mikerodak And implications of his apparent unconcern about broadcasting it all.
— Kevin Seifert (@SeifertESPN) July 7, 2014
1) I don’t care *what* Manziel was doing with the $$$, but he should know what it looks like.
— Michael Schottey (@Schottey) July 7, 2014
2) Chances of Manziel getting a “random” drug test by the league or the Browns just went up a bajillion percent.
— Michael Schottey (@Schottey) July 7, 2014
The Browns have no comment on the photo, a team spokesperson told the Akron Beacon Journal.