Here’s to guessing that, right or wrong, Jim Mora won’t be pleased with his young quarterback’s latest social media foray.
Late last week, the UCLA head coach used the public airwaves to help “guide” Josh Rosen down the straight and narrow. Specifically, in regards to the Freshman All-American infamous “f**k Trump” cap flap this offseason, Mora stated that the rising sophomore was “heading towards Johnny Manziel” territory with stunts like that.
Hyperbole? Yes. But Rosen is seemingly hellbent on giving Mora further reason to continue down his odd “Money Manziel” path.
Shortly after it was reported that UCLA was set to sign a record-breaking $280 million apparel deal with Under Armour, Rosen took to social media to offer up some snark on the financial windfall that will line the pockets of the athletic department -- and which the student-athletes won’t get a sniff.We’re still amateurs though ... Gotta love non-profits #NCAA
A photo posted by Josh Rosen (@josh3rosen) on May 24, 2016 at 8:53am PDT
In related news, Josh Rosen to get $0 from UCLA’s record shoe/apparel deal. https://t.co/uRgv5zsO09
— Kevin Wall (@kwallcuse) May 24, 2016
(The tweet above was retweeted on Rosen’s personal Twitter account)
Coming from a kid who had a hot tub in his dorm his freshman season and whose parents graduated from Ivy League schools -- one’s a surgeon -- it might not be the actual money but the principle that has Rosen feeling feisty. Whether his head coach gets just as feisty on his own JFF moral high ground in return remains to be seen.