Antonio Brown is maybe the best wide receiver in the game today, which makes you realize what a pain in the ass he must be to have been cut by two different teams after about a week. The two teams to fire him, by the way, are the ones most associated with being a collection of rule-breaking criminals.
Brown is just days away from getting to tell his side of the story about the rape allegations against him to the league, so he did what anyone would do and absolutely lost his s**t on social media. TMZ recorded the now-deleted tweets.
F**k @nfl I’m going down another path no more making money off my blood and sweat,” Brown wrote.
“No more control of my name and body clear my name I am done with it ! So you fantasy f**ks can let it go.” Brown continued … “Imagine conforming to a system giving it a 100 percent to see them treat me like this is unfairly ! Making money off my sweat and blood F**k the @nfl.” “I’ll never play in that s**t treat black people the worse! Clear my name and go f**k your self.”
It’s the second time Brown has sworn off the NFL in the last 3 months — back in September, after he was cut by the Patriots, AB said, “Will not be playing in the @NFL anymore.”
“These owners can cancel deals do whatever they want at anytime we will see if the @NFLPA hold them accountable sad they can just void guarantees anytime going on 40m 2 months will see if they pay up!”
Pretty firm there. Saves a lot of problems for everyone if he just quits. He made something like $80 million with the Steelers, it’s not like he needs to ever work again.
But he changed his mind a few hours later, deleted all those tweets and made this one.
I'm just very frustrated right now with the false allegations and slander to my name. I love football and I miss it. I just want to play and I'm very emotional about that. I'm determined to make my way back to the NFL asap
— AB (@AB84) November 7, 2019
That’s something approaching humility for Brown, which is surprising. Maybe he will get to play on the NFL again one day. It’s not like all 32 NFL teams would keep a perfectly good player out of the league for political reasons, would they?