I mean he's going to a bar a few blocks away from the stadium of the team he beat in the NCG. Bad on the bar but is it really that surprising? He has to know that the people aren't going to like him too much.
I will say that it isn't necessarily an unreasonable assumption by him that Deshaun Watson the customer should receive a little more civil treatment that Deshaun Watson the player, but I do agree that in some places in particular, it is not likely to happen and that the management of that bar didn't seem to do much at all isn't exactly professional, in my own opinion.
I get what you're saying, but he's done with college. What if he ends up playing for the NFL team in Alabama? Oh wait...
Paul Finebaum was in that bar drinking a Zima.
Pretty sure he was in there carrying water
I was traveling through Mississippi a couple of years ago and went to get a drink at the bar in the hotel I was staying in. Decent hotel (Hilton I think) and not a tiny backwoods city either. The place was fairly crowded and at some point in the evening a nicely dressed black man sat next to me and ordered a drink. We started to talk (he was there in business too) but he wasn't getting his drink. Everybody else was around him was getting served but not him. So he politely asked the barmaid if she was getting his drink for him and she completed ignored him like he didn't exist. So he raised his voice a bit (not yelling but trying to make sure he was heard) and she looked straight at him and said "we don't served your kind in here son-there's a bar a few miles down the road where you'd be more comfortable." This was 2013/14 and I about fell off my stool. He said "happens all the time-nice meeting you" and he left.
I'll bet there's more to this story.
I wasn't there when this occured to Watson, but this is obviously fandom, gone wrong. I don't think this was about him being black. It was because he is Deshaun Watson and just beat Bama in the NC game.
Thank you. I have no idea why race had to be brought into this conversation. Thats the real problem in this country. Even among those that believe they are more enlightened and less bigoted race still gets mentioned. Pathetic really.
that such behavior would exist on a level that was so tangible or palpable.
And to be perfecty honest I dont know if I would even believe the story if someone else posted it so I totally get your question. But I did witness something firsthand, not terribly long ago in a part of the country not terribly unlike where this happened and that made me question whether this was just "fandom gone wrong". Especially when I noticed there wasnt another black person in that bar other than Watson and his friends.
I don't think we have to speculate whether it's racism or not. Plain and simple these people were assholes.
I've played gigs in the Innisfree, and am happy to say I was never asked to leave.
...of course I didn't play Rocky Top though.
*worse
While I don't agree with the behavior or sentiment, I 100% agree that if JT Barrett or another high profile buckeye walked into the Jug, there is a good chance he would be harrassed.
Looks bad, but I don't think it is exclusive to Alabama, OSU, etc.
Bama, OSU, PSU...Kentucky and Duke basketball...once you've reached a certain point, there is no longer any point in ranking.
Bonus: MSU fans were definitely on that list when they were good...but now that they suck, we don't hear from them as much. Funny how that works.