Tua Tagovailoa’s meteoric rise from backup QB to National championship winner and Heisman hopeful has been one of the best college football storylines in the past few years.
This morning during a segment on College Gameday, Tua’s storyline took a weird turn whe he casually spoke about his father forcing him to become a left-handed quarterback and how his dad would beat him with a belt if he played badly.
— SportsGossip.com (@sportsgossip) December 1, 2018
The Internet was alarmed by how ESPN tried to frame Tua’s horrifying tales of father beating him as heartwarming when in reality they were pretty fucked up.
– forced him to be a lefty
– beat him after he had a bad game
– chose his school
Tua is an incredible talent and somehow seems to have a good head on his shoulders, but that is the absolutely worst type of youth sports parent.
— Alex Wilcox (@AlexWilcoxWNDU) December 1, 2018
— Bill Landis (@BillLandis25) December 1, 2018
Using the belt on your kid because threw an interception or had a bad game?
That Tua interview, oof.
— Benjamin Allbright (@AllbrightNFL) December 1, 2018
— Tennessee Williams (@TN_Williams) December 1, 2018
— Kyle Rowland (@KyleRowland) December 1, 2018
